32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet
Feat may help scientists preserve seeds for the future.
The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds—beating the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years. (Related: "'Methuselah' Tree Grew From 2,000-Year-Old Seed."
A Russian team discovered a seed cache of Silene stenophylla, a flowering plant native to Siberia, that had been buried by an Ice Age squirrel near the banks of the Kolyma River (map). Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the seeds were 32,000 years old.
The mature and immature seeds, which had been entirely encased in ice, were unearthed from 124 feet (38 meters) below the permafrost, surrounded by layers that included mammoth, bison, and woolly rhinoceros bones.
The mature seeds had been damaged—perhaps by the squirrel itself, to prevent them from germinating in the burrow. But some of the immature seeds retained viable plant material.
The rest: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science/
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They're coming!
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"You seem unsure honey, is something wrong?"
"No..he....um..well...he seems... different"
"I told him goodbye this morning and he gave me a strange look and said very slowly:.."father tired...I come back when dark"
" Oh honey, he's been working so mu...Oh look!...dad is here ...he's outside...Why is he yelling so loud and scaring everybody with that scream.."
Guys and Gals dressed like various kinds of Dinos skating around as they sing songs about being brought back from extinction and how they want to eat humans.
One could be in a huge T-Rex suit and goes after the others while singing the Barney Song or other kid songs but with different words. "I chase you, Then I eat, You make my tummy feel complete..."
This has potential. I ought to start writing a script right away. Do you think Disney would be interested?
Almost two years ago.
Enjoyed reading it again though.
