A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
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I am not sure about this.
Do you think it’s false, or do you not know how you feel about it?
I think he means it might be benign or it might be the end of the world
How about it’s neither but ends up being an invasive species that eats primarily a genetic modified crop that was valuable for its resistance to flood and thunderstorms?
What two wonderful choices those are lol My brain didn’t immediately think of the bad. I naively only went to the fascinating spectrum, but now I can see how the introduction of this to our modern ecology could be severely detrimental.
Pretty sure we made a movie about this and it didn't end well...