‘Their job is to get the bacteria to land, just as the worms’ mission was to import it into the ice,’ said Johanson. ‘After that, they perish. Jellyfish, mussels, even the jelly - none of these organisms live long, but they all fulfil their function.’ ‘Harming us at all cost.’ ‘Absolutely. Even the whales have become suicidal,’ said Fenwick. ‘Aggressive behaviour is normally part of a survival strategy, like flight, but there’s no evidence of it here.’ Johanson smiled. His dark eyes flashed. ‘I’m not so sure about that. I’d say there’s a clear survival strategy at the heart of all this.’
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