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RE: Challenge #02625-G068: Toxic Under Certain Circumstances
Cola in the morning x_x XD
Is there a species for whom dihydrogen monoxide is toxic? :)
Cola in the morning x_x XD
Is there a species for whom dihydrogen monoxide is toxic? :)
Science says 'no', but science also insisted that only the "goldilocks zone" and sunlight were fellow contributors to life being possible. We have since discovered extremophiles and life without light. So...
If you can create complicated DNA/RNA-esque chains of chemistry in conditions without liquid water...
And if that life can make it as far as intelligence
And that subsequent intelligent life can invent space travel...
then it's plausible that there's a species that finds water toxic.
Don't forget about extremophiles. They live in areas that people say are impossible. Some microbes even live in radioactive waste. And some extremophile mushrooms even live on the radioactive remains of Chernobyl. There are are organisms that "breath" toxic gasses living in caves, and they're not microbes, they're small animals. They're also sightless because the eyes are not necessary in those caverns. Yet we always maintained that life was impossible in those environments due to the intense heat / cold / toxicity levels. So, seeing one where H2O is toxic? Quite possible.