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Fun Fact #11: This one is about the weird and wonderful world of soil bacteria. Bacteria can actually transfer DNA between each other when they contact (through bacterial conjugation). This means that in a diverse population of soil bacteria functions get swapped about like there's no tomorrow allowing very fast adaptation. The more species of bacteria in a population, the more DNA there is to swap around.

Answer 1

Now THAT"S weird. Imagine if humans did that... no one would hang out with the ugly people...

Answer 2

haha so true.. and if you were good looking everyone would keep running into you lol

Answer 3

wow! so weird!!!

Answer 4

WOW !!!!!!

Answer 5

but not so wierd ....

Answer 6

haha why not so weird Hashir?

Answer 7

lol! yea why?

Answer 8

because it is what causes variation in them in human though there is variation crated by swapping of genes ...through a different process though !!!!

Answer 9

hmm well I suppose that makes sense, I guess the weird thing is that the change in genetics doesn't occur in the cells offspring but in the cell itself.

Answer 10

yeaa!totally cooll!just imaging it to happen in humansss!lol!weird

Answer 11

If you think that would be weird with humans... think about asexual reproduction...

Answer 12

haha! that could be interesting (if we just split in half :P)... or not very interesting and we would just be clones...and there would probably not be any men...

Answer 13

@trance-lol

Answer 14

yuktah here !!!!!

Answer 15

@hashir-yuppp