Koala retrovirus leads scientists to discover 'second immune system' abc.net.au/news/science/2…
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New research shows that the koala is developing genomic immunity to koala retrovirus, a disease that makes the animal susceptible to chlamydia, leukemia, and lymphoma. This immunity is something scientists knew about in theory but had never observed in-progress. inverse.com/article/59977…
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TIL Koala retrovirus type of aids claims "80% of deaths of captive koalas in Queensland ... lead researcher Jon Hanger, said the virus was a threat that could lead to extinction of koalas in Queensland within 15 years, claiming 100% infection rates in studied populations that suggest an epidemic." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koa…
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Zoo ZΓΌrich: Nach Mikey stirbt auch Koala Milo – an Retrovirus β€” Schon wieder ein Todesfall im Zoo ZΓΌrich. KoalamΓ€nnchen Milo hat den Kampf gegen ein Virus verloren. 20min.ch/schweiz/news/sto…
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Koala retrovirus leads scientists to discover 'second immune system' abc.net.au/news/science/2…
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Ancient retrovirus defends Koalas against new viral attacks eurekalert.org/pub_releas…
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Scientists track retrovirus that’s wiped out 80 percent of the koala population in some areas rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/2…
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Retroviruses are re-writing the koala genome and causing cancer phys.org/news/2021-02-ret…
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Koala virus could explain why humans have 'junk' DNA: It may be leftover from retroviruses eurekalert.org/pub_releas…
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Can somebody debunk this so called "refutation of the ERV argument for common descent"?

It's in four parts:

"Evolutionists claim that ERV is a strong evidence for common ancestry. However, their logic is full of holes. I have only looked into a couple of areas, and they are already sufficient to derail the entire hypothesis. My main arguments fall into two categories, (1) a lack of an evolutionary mechanism, and (2) double standards.

  1. No Evolutionary Mechanism 1.1 Background The gist of the evolutionary story for the ERVs goes something like this: Viruses infect primates and insert themselves into at different genome locations. We see in humans about 200,000 ERVs, most of which are at identical genome locations. Further, many of them share corresponding genome locations with chimps. Therefore, the common locations are best explained by shared common ancestry. The may sound nice, but as with most evolution ideas, it lacks a plausible evolutionary mechanism. It's like saying since the gift I received matches exactly the description in the letter I sent to Santa, therefore Santa is real. In both cases, the lack of a mechanism will invalidate the conclusion. The mechanism is not a sufficient condition for the outcome but is a necessary one. Unfortunately for TOE, there isn't even a plausible one. Consider a single viral infection. Since the genome location where it inserts itself is unpredictable, then, initially, the infected population should carry the viral strain at various genome locations. In fact, this is what we are seeing in the KoRV infection in koalas [1]: // Of the 39 endogenous KoRVs (enKoRVs), only one was present in the genomes of both the sire and the dam, suggesting that, at this early stage in the retroviral invasion of a host germ line, very large numbers of ERVs have proliferated at very low frequencies in the koala population. // This paragraph refers to sampling on a sire-dam-progeny triad. The genome distribution is something like this (letters denote genome locations): Dad: a, b, c, ... Mom: a, c, d, ... Child: a, b, d, ... This means every individual has a different set of infection locations, which is very different from what is claimed in humans, where for the most part, every individual carry them at the same genome locations. We also see the the similar thing in humans. For example, an HERV is found in 17 loci, with everyone carrying a different set among only a few cancer patients [2]: // We found a total of 17 loci, and the frequency of their presence ranged from only 2 of the 358 individuals examined to over
... keep reading on reddit ➑

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies πŸ˜‚

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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What do you call quesadillas you eat in the morning?

Buenosdillas

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What is a a bisexual person doing when they’re not dating anybody?

They’re on standbi

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Geddit? No? Only me?
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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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E or ß?
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SERIOUS: This subreddit needs to understand what a "dad joke" really means.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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No spoilers
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Covid problems
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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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I had a vasectomy because I didn’t want any kids.

When I got home, they were still there.

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What did 0 say to 8 ?

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

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Spi__
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I dislike karma whores who make posts that imply it's their cake day, simply for upvotes.

I won't be doing that today!

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The Ancient Romans II
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I'd like to dedicate this joke to my wisdom teeth.

[Removed]

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How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in your frying pan?

You take away their little brooms

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I did it, I finally did it. After 4 years and 92 days I went from being a father, to a dad.

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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It this sub dead?

There hasn't been a post all year!

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School Was Clothed
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Letting loose with these puns
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Couch potato
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All dad jokes are bad and here’s why

Why

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Baka!
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concrete πŸ—Ώ
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My name is ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

It’s pronounced β€œNoel.”

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Why are people so surprised and angry about Djokovic being an anti-vaxxer?

After all his first name is No-vac

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That’s Michelle
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If Korean pop is shortened to Kpop and Korean Drama is Kdrama...

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

  • Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

  • French/Finnish art

  • Country/Canadian rap

  • Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

  • Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

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Is this sub still active?

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

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