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[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

They're RNA not DNA.

They can be either to be exact.

And not being able to classify them doesn't mean "we don't know what they are".

I agree. That's why I said "we kinda know what viruses are".

Probably genetic lottery when life was still starting out on Earth.

That's true but it's kind of true for all life.

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