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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing

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24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing

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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago
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It thawed out — and then it multiplied.
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    Welp. goodbye everyone. it’s been good uh… it’s been.

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    I swear the thing that ends up killing us all is some obscure bio specimen they pull from the thawing permafrost.

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    Kennedy jerkin off somewhere

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    PUT IT BACK

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      better to study it since the planet is heating up. we need to know how to kill it when the billions of others thaw out.

    • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
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      Have you SEEN what’s going on in the world?

      Dunno about you, but I’m Team Worm all the way

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    I hope that they have flamethrowers just in case of emergency…

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      Better check the dog.

      • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
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        The Thing (1982)

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        Is it some reference?

        • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk
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          I thing so.

          • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Gettim! They’re infected!

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    Good for the worm

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    Shockingly?

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      as someone who has collected water samples of thriving cells and failed to get them to reliably reproduce in laboratory conditions optimized for cell growth

      I am shocked that the ancient frozen worm is reproducing

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