February 20th, 2003, 12:20 AM
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Re: Atmospheres
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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Doesn't the P&N atmosphere require large amounts of alcohol and parrots to be present?
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I knew that was coming.
PhoenixD:
O2 is poisonous to those lifeforms because they don't have the enzymes to break down lethal peroxides and superoxides that sometimes form in O2 reactions.
It's also that most other non-O2 pathways don't give enough 'bang for the buck' that larger, complex organisms demand. |