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Well, does it? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Found this post on IG and I'm wondering what this community's stance is. With winter now officially here*, I think it's a valid question.

Edit: *where I live

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can't bring anything that could carry non-native lifeforms on it, to preserve Antarctica's unique Flora and Fauna from invasive species.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

What, not even our nice Norwegian ~shape-shifting assimilating microbes~dogs?

EDIT: I am sad lemmy doesn't appear to support strikethrough.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Lemmy ~~doesn't~~ support strikethrough.

[–] ettyblatant 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bookend two tildes for strike through ~~ stuff ~~ = ~~stuff~~

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Doesn't work for me? Vivaldi (Chrome-based browser, desktop) using old.lemmy.ca

Oh... ha, I browse using the 'mlmym.org' theme. Using www.lemmy.ca I see it works. Must be a bug in the theme. I'll see who I can report to, for a fix. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Explain these 'dogs' please

[–] Anticorp 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wouldn't anything that didn't evolve to deal with Antarctica's brutal climate just immediately die?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Life will...uhh... find a way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

With the number of species that live on a stick, you could get unlucky and transport one which would randomly happen to have traits good for thriving in Antartica.

[–] Eatspancakes84 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but don’t humans carry the even more microbial live than sticks? And what about birds and seals? I am guessing there is quite a lot of exchange of microbes between Antarctica and the other continents.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yea, you're right, and I don't have any counter point. I don't know what the experts think about this.