24,000-year-old organism found frozen in Russia can still reproduce

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A microscopic worm-like creature, labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years without having sex, has now been shown to persist for at least 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost and then reproduce, researchers have found.

Multicellular invertebrates that are solely female, bdelloid rotifers are already renowned for their resistance to radiation and ability to withstand rather inhospitable environments: drying, starvation and low oxygen. They’ve also existed for at least 35m years – and can be found today in freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and moist terrestrial habitats such as moss, lichen, tree bark and soil.

These tough little critters – which have a complete digestive tract that includes a mouth and an **** – are able to survive hostile environments by halting all activity and almost entirely arresting their metabolism.

The rotifers found in the permafrost would have been under the feet of big woolly creatures – such as the woolly rhino – that are now extinct, Malavin noted. Once thawed in a lab setting, the rotifers were able to reproduce, the researchers wrote in the journal Current Biology.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/07/24000-year-old-organisms-found-frozen-in-siberia-can-still-reproduce

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I was just reading this and it's hella exciting. 

Can't believe that they have mechanism for water not to turn in crystals when they're frozen. 

Are you frozen if there is no ice though? 

 

 

I wish we discover such cool things everyday. 

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I wonder how it smells

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1 minute ago, RAMROD said:

I wonder how it smells

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It looks like it has whiskers...can I keep it? 

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22 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

It looks like it has whiskers...can I keep it? 

the whole petri dish, take it!

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It looks like a thermometer

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omg madonna queen 

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1 hour ago, FfFfFfFF said:

A microscopic worm-like creature, labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years without having sex.

Finally someone like me.  

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years without having sex

OK, that's not how biologists talk, seriously. And there are many, many organisms that reproduce asexually.

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

****

is this "an*s" 

This is such a cool discovery though! 

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4 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

having thrived for millions of years without having sex,

I feel attacked

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2 hours ago, alsemanche said:

is this "an*s" 

Why did you censored ants?