Two of the World's Most Destructive Crop Pests Have Hybridized to Form a "Mega-Pest"

Alex


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Scientists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have reported a disturbing finding: two of the world's major crop pests have combined or hybridized into a new "mega-pest".

The first species is the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), which is widespread in Africa, Asia and Europe and causes damage to over 100 kinds of crops. The second is the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), which is commonly found in the Americas. The new hybrid has potentially unlimited geographical boundaries.


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I was going to say, why would you want to?

After the first hundred years you are bound to get bored of the same old scripts. I'm only 30 and I can already predict half of what people (including myself) are going to say. There is only a small range of socially acceptable scripts pertaining to a given situation and I think I've heard them all.
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I hate the examples of people who smoke,drink, and eat a pound of bacon every morning... and then they live to be 110.

If you ask my completely unscientific opinion, it's genetics. If you're going to live a long life (all else, such as diet, being equal), it's because that's your genetic inclination.

Just think of how much longer the 110 year old chain-smoking bacon-eater would have lived had he or she not spent years destroying his/her innards.

Likewise, the person in the documentary would be able to perform much better in the marathon had he not been smoking like a chimney. It's a waste.

So that begs the question; will a good diet and exercise actually "extend" your life... or will they just help you live up to your genetic potential?
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Yeah Natey. its much better to live healthy eat organic
not smoke not drink.
And still die of cancer at 35.
NO THANKS i rather live and enjoy all the stimuli that i can get my hands on.
And let the end come as a surprise as it proberly will anyways. no mather how you live.
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