Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > (Also, most liquids other than water get denser when they
> > solidify, which is a big problem.)

> I'm not sure that's as much of a problem as you think it is for anything 
> other than fish.

  Well, life on Earth was completely in water for the first... what?
3 billion years?

>  Why do you think the fact that it floats is important?

  Because it affects (or in the case of water, doesn't) submarine habitats
quite radically. (As said, it's probably quite difficult for life to form
in non-liquid environments.)

-- 
                                                          - Warp

Post a reply to this message