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Chinese, American, and Canadian scientists have found 100 MYA crabs preserved in amber.
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:14 pm
Dudes, we are getting a Jurassic Park.
CNN
CNN
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"The specimen is spectacular, it is one of a kind. It's absolutely complete and is not missing a single hair on the body, which is remarkable," said Javier Luque, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, in a news release. He was the lead author of the study that published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
The Chinese, US and Canadian scientists working on the amber specimen, which originated from northern Myanmar, named the tiny crab Cretapsara athanata. The name references the Cretaceous, the dinosaur-era period during which this crab lived, and Apsara, a spirit of the clouds and waters in South and Southeast Asian mythology. The species name is based on "athanatos," which means immortal in Greek, referring to its lifelike preservation in amber.
This post was edited on 10/21/21 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:14 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Amber has crabs? That slut.
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Well, here come the Chinese scientists...
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:18 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Hope this one doesn't release a disease
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:21 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Jameis Winston finna eat
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:24 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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originated from northern Myanmar
Why do they always find these kinds of things in places like that and not, say, just outside of Pineville?
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:27 pm to Ron Cheramie
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Jameis Winston finna eat
He’d get shot by Chinese goons trying to steal these crabs! They don’t screw around!
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:37 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Fauci requested access to see if they had any jurassic viruses he could send to the Wuhan lab to modify.
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:37 pm to UndercoverBryologist
First you make a roux
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:38 pm to RidiculousHype
quote:Because they are largely uninhabitable for humans. Longterm human inhabitance tends to erode our ability to locate prehuman life.
Why do they always find these kinds of things in places like that and not, say, just outside of Pineville?
Elevation, climate, topography, and aridity all have to be in the perfect sweet spot to preserve something that long. And that sweet spot is not conducive to human life.
This post was edited on 10/21/21 at 6:59 pm
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