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RE: Surviving the Extremes: The Peak of Existence, Part 2
Incredible! Do they serve any purpose? Plankton as a food makes more sense then Aeroplankton. And question is why aren't there animals that would feed with it/them. Organism usually adapts to environment if there is food.
I don't think aeroplankton is a food service really, but more a happy accident as a means of dispersal only. I do wonder if many organisms deliberately live up there to actually make use of the lack of atmosphere, but I haven't ready anything on that yet. It seems for the most part, the organisms got trapped up there by mistake but some managed to survive and pass on those survival genes, and the rest is history!