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nah biology discoveries are always like "we thought this lesser spotted derpy pig didn't have big enough spots. turns out it's a new species" or "this protein turns out to be less curly and more squiggly when the fruit flies are having a lot of sex"
what about something completely new? Not just a bit different from what we already have
It’s a new tree or amphibian in the Amazon or a new cosmic horror in the deep ocean.
Most life isn’t trying to prey on the handful of species we directly rely on or us