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Related: About this forumScientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years -- and the
Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years and they started moving and eatinghttps://www.businessinsider.com/frozen-siberian-worms-revived-after-42000-years-2018-7
A group of Russian scientists have successfully revived two species of tiny worms that they discovered suspended in an icy chunk of Siberian permafrost.
The worms, known as nematodes or more commonly as roundworms, had been frozen for up to 42,000 years, since a time when much of the planet was covered in ice.
But they weren't dead just cyrogenically preserved.
The researchers brought the worms back to a lab, where they slowly thawed them over several weeks. The researchers put them in petri dishes with food, stored at 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years -- and the (Original Post)
jpak
Jul 2018
OP
*shrug* I would be more impressed if it had been something that was more advanced like
cstanleytech
Jul 2018
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dameatball
(7,396 posts)1. This may explain why Tom Arnold is back in the news.
dhill926
(16,336 posts)2. haha...nicely done....
Whats the plot line when they make the movie?
jpak
(41,757 posts)7. Don't. Tuch. teh Permafrost
csziggy
(34,135 posts)13. A mash up of The Thing and this Earwig movie
Oh, shoot - they already made this movie!
brush
(53,764 posts)4. Jurrasic Park here we come. Don't fool with Mother Nature.
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)5. Russian huh?
How many were inserted into Traitor Trump's ears? Is there any gray matter left?
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)6. A 40,000 year old monster from the Russian Siberian permafrost....
.... is that the next thing Putin intends to install as our next US presi-Dunce ?
cutroot
(875 posts)8. One question!!
What do these worms eat?
jpak
(41,757 posts)9. bacteria fungi, plants...
and humans....
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)10. Roundworms are a common parasite for both
humans and animals.
I imagine there are different kinds -- maybe not all kinds affect us, but the only thing I could think of when I read this was: Oh, great, just what the world needs, more roundworm parasites.
Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)11. Trapped Methane emissions being released from thawing permafrost
will seriously add to the Greenhouse Effect.
wildflowergardener
(911 posts)12. Xfiles
That was an xfiles episode frozen worms from thawed permafrost Burrowed into humans and made them start killing each other.
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)14. Amazing. Thanks, jpak. n/t
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)15. Uh-oh - Grammarly tells us to be very, very afraid
cstanleytech
(26,280 posts)16. *shrug* I would be more impressed if it had been something that was more advanced like
a small mammal or lizard as simple lifeforms surviving extremes is not unheard of.