theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoHow long are the Great Lakes likely to last? Will they be there for long enough for something to evolve that's able to break down the stuff at the bottom of Lake Superior?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareHow long are the Great Lakes likely to last? Will they be there for long enough for something to evolve that's able to break down the stuff at the bottom of Lake Superior?theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoWhat do you mean by evolve? Like, a creature that eats ships? The water and creatures eventually erode the ship to nothing. It’s not like Superior is some small lake that is going to dry up, it’s literally one of the largest lakes on the planet
minus-squareDigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agothe lake is so cold that microbes that eat bodies don’t live there so it’s said the bodies that sink in it just stay a body like the peat bog man
What do you mean by evolve? Like, a creature that eats ships? The water and creatures eventually erode the ship to nothing. It’s not like Superior is some small lake that is going to dry up, it’s literally one of the largest lakes on the planet
the lake is so cold that microbes that eat bodies don’t live there so it’s said the bodies that sink in it just stay a body like the peat bog man
Sweet, more bodies for me