Talk:Carbon-based life
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I'm sure I saw an article in New Scientist sometime in mid-2006 that talked a lava-filled cave system that contained fish-like life that was not carbon based.
I can't remember any details or find a reference -- though I believe the magazine issue had a cover story of "Taking the demons out of the drink" about alcohol replacements.
-- RobHunter
I added a bit on silicon-based life that focuses on silicon having a similar part in biology as carbon has in known lifeforms. This hypothetical biology is, I believe, what is generallly meant by 'silicon-based life' instead of computerchips. I left the computer info intact, though, as I'd like to see other opinions on this.--PoofBird 11:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
There are in fact sulfur-based bacteria but 99.999% (a rough guess) of all life forms on Earth are Carbon-based. Wikipedia has some articles about sulfur-based bacteria, just Google 'sulfur-based bacteria'. Not_Chicken_Little 30 May 2008 0314 UTC
