General / Off-Topic Want to see a real alien?

[Oddball]

Well, almost. I thought this was a wind up when I saw it earlier today but apparently these things are more common than humans....

It initially looked to me as though someone had made it out of a vacuum cleaner bag but they are real and have been sent to Mars on a Russian mission.

More here......

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130306.html

 

[Cody]

I was reading that earlier (APOD is my browser homepage) - incredibly hardy critters, ain't they. It seems they can survive in virtually any environment, no matter how hostile.

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

I was reading that earlier (APOD is my browser homepage) - incredibly hardy critters, ain't they. It seems they can survive in virtually any environment, no matter how hostile.

What, even a Saturday night on the town in Glasgow? man that critter is tough!

 

[krisavery]

Kind of cute too, in a weird kind of way

 

[LCplCombat]

It makes you wonder how it evolved those abilities on earth.

 

[Dr Wookie]

Well, almost. I thought this was a wind up when I saw it earlier today but apparently these things are more common than humans....

More common than SOME humans !

Actually, I'm an alien according to the US government ! Albeit a legal one

 

[CmdrBond]

More common than SOME humans !

Actually, I'm an alien according to the US government ! Albeit a legal one

*sings*

I'm an Alien,
I'm a legal Alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.


I'll get me coat.

 

[Dr Wookie]

*sings*

I'm an Alien,
I'm a legal Alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.


I'll get me coat.

Nice ! Boston actually !

 

[Giskard]

What, even a Saturday night on the town in Glasgow? man that critter is tough!

Perhaps they drink Irn-Bru!

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

Nice ! Boston actually !

Cool, I got a Cuz who runs a hardware store in Boston, Lincolnshire is a lovely county isn't it?

 

[Ian Phillips]

Is that thing real?

It looks like a vacuum cleaner bag, complete with a tube thingy to attach it to the vacuum cleaner!