Scientists woke up a 46,000-year old roundworm from Siberian permafrost

It’s like these people have never watched science fiction movies

Global warming will be blamed for the next plandemic

Heard it here first

AI and ancient pathogens in a race to see who can kill us all first.

Worm is like..

What could go wrong?

Put some Bengal roach spray to that fricker and call it a day.

Is he like all those other idiot worms that go on the cement in the morning and don't leave when it dries up?

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An ancient worm that lay dormant in Siberian permafrost for millennia has been resuscitated by scientists, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal PLOS Genetics. A small group of microscopic nematodes, originally discovered in a frozen squirrel burrow in 2018, constitutes a new species dubbed Panagrolaimus kolymaensis. Radiocarbon dating of plants inside the burrow suggested the worms may have last been awake during the late Pleistocene period, around the time of the wooly mammoth. Despite the fact that the normal lifespan of this particular roundworm species is between one to two months, the specimens pulled out of the frost are believed to be around 46,000 years old, according to the paper. Of central interest to science is how exactly the microorganisms entered cryptobiosis, or the state of suspended animation that kept them alive until the 21st century. “This paper could make people consider this third condition between life and death,” said Teymuras Kurzchalia, a biologist and co-author of the study.

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But why?

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Probably for some weird butt stuff.

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Worm is like..

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I don't think a 46,000 year-old roundworm would get that reference.