Keith Laney 'Ferrets" out a Rat on Mars

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That famous hoax video was from UK 1970's TV. Goofy as it was I fell for it for 10 mins. The fake announcers voices sounded too much like a script with fake actor hammy enthusiasm,like the guy reading it couldn't believe his career had sunk so low....like he'd just been asked to play TARZAN in his underoos.

found another rat!
spirit rover nav cam sol 1470

see red arrow pointing to rat lower right corner.



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[edit on 22-2-2008 by RUFFREADY]

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That's a Guinea Pig! So what do they eat? Blueberries? I think we should see some lichen or fungi. Anyone seen any of that stuff yet?

reply to post by stikkinikki

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Yeah, looks more like a guinea pig.

Maybe they feed on subsurface fungi and insectoids.

Wonder if they giggle when you scratch 'em, like terrestrial guinea pigs?

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Funny you should mention that...

image source: http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars4/Fossils/Lichen/001.jpg


"The first impression I got — based on the morphology alone — was how similar it looked to a common terrestrial foliose lichen. On Mars, however, as we all have learned from past experience, looks can be deceiving." - Barry DiGregorio, a research associate for the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology in the United Kingdom.


And just in case you have issues with my source...

external image


Now just wait till you see the Fossils



[edit on 23-2-2008 by zorgon]

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Apart from the round shape, I see more of the same texture in the lower left corner and in the crevices.

Not to mention all sorts of other interesting "bits" in there.

Where you find one sort of life, you're bound to find other examples as well, no?

Even the most "simple" ecosystems are composed of different classes of predator and prey.