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[beetroot-merchant]

Top 5 biology facts you think are cool

5. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A SPECIES REALLY IS. WE HAVE NO IDEA. WHICH IS SUPER FUNNY BUT GOD DAMN IT GETS INFURIATING 😭😭😭 there are like 50 definitions and theyre ALL BAD

4. there are amino acids in METEORS in SPACE

3. 100% of bonobos (our closest relatives along with chimps) are bisexual, and 60% of bonobo sex is wlw! happy pride

2. the mitochondria was actually originally a whole seperate ass organism that an animal cell Consumed but didnt Digest one day a bajillion years ago and so they entered this symbiotic relationship where the animal cell protected the mitochondria and it pumped out ridiculous amounts of ATP (energy) in exchange. this is why mitochondria have their own seperate mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) within themselves completely divorced from the actual DNA in the nucleus in eukaryotes (including us!!) today, and why mitochondria reproduce within the cell completely independently from the cell itself. theyre the powerhouse they can do whatever the fuck they want, what are you gonna do, stop them? idiot

related bonus fact: everyone gets their mDNA from the female parent, and all human mDNA can be traced back to a common ancestor, so-called Mitochondrial Eve, who was alive between 100k-200k years ago

you are related to everything on earth that has lived, is living, or will ever lived. not an obscure fact by any means but so, SO humbling and insane to realize the rammifications of... i could and HAVE written paragraphs of rambles on how cool all of it is. you and every blade of grass and every blue whale and every stegosaurus and every single bacterium in your guts right now helping you digest stuff are all family! blood related! how awesome is that ?!?!?!?