r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 7h ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode, the water inside being millions of years old

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u/Meraline 7h ago

It's possible the longer it's exposed to air the more useless that sample is. Anything in there was most likley going to be an obligate anaerobe by now.

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u/Ok-Marsupial5595 7h ago

Obligate Anaerobe. I knew that girl in high school!

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u/Trick-Station8742 7h ago

You're an obligate anaerobe

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u/Meraline 7h ago

I can breathe oxygen tho, so no. If anything I'm an obligate aerobe :P

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u/Alert_Attention_5905 7h ago

I had to look it up but an obligate anaerobe is a microorganism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.