A fossilized mosquito preserved for 46,000,000 years was discovered with blood still inside its abdomen a rare snapshot of ancient life frozen in time
Hell yeah time to bring back the dinosaurs
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46 000 000 years ago?
I’m pretty sure that dinosaurs didn’t exist in Eocene.
For those who feel the urge to correct me, yes birds are theropods
It's from 2013, folks. Sadly no world-ending DNA.
Bullshit. Clone the mosquito a bajillion times and I guarantee you'll end the world.
That just means they've had 13 years to work on it. 13 years to get it ready.
13 years to spare no expense.
Yet.....
Sadly no dinosaur
Imagine if a mosquito was found like this then they sequenced the DNA and it was yours! Sounds like a horror story
That is quite common actually. We call it contaminated sample
“Welcome, to Paleogene Park.”
Admittedly, the kids having to hide in the kitchen from a pack of Eohippi doesn’t hit nearly as hard.
Tag team, back again.
Check it to wreck it, let's begin.
LEAVE IT THE FUCK ALONE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Bring it to Wuhan you said? Inject it into some bats? Sure, if you want it!
seriously ... we already have about 100 different ways of destroying our planet and ourselves ... we don't need some new exotic way to turn our world into an even worse hell hole than it already is
Do mosquitos belong on the list with crabs, crocodiles, and sharks? Those little fucks don’t seem to have to evolve much.
They belong to the list of things that need to be completely eradicated from the planet, the fucking bloodsucking, buzzing little bastards.
mosquitoes did feed on dinosaurs at some point. apparently mosquitoes also feed on other insects, arthopod hemolypmph. i saw a video of aedis agegypti (the one that spreads yellow fever and spread the most viruses)feeding on a caterpillar.
On other news in a smelly corner store I'm the armpit if IOWA police have found a serial killer case. Yes, everyone in his path is quickly impaled and drained of their blood. They have not apprehended him yet. Some call him Mr Chupacabra. He drives a rice rocket nodded Honda Civic based on the weird bumbling sound that survivors have reported. Yes, definetly a civic. Probably a red one. The person of interest is definetly 5'10" Hispanic black male in blood stained jeans and is working for the Chinese government from Wuhan.
Dinasours with two butts?
Even under the best preservation conditions, there is an upper boundary of 0.4–1.5 million years for a sample to contain sufficient DNA for sequencing technologies.
Yea, but you can get partial DNA sequences and then fill the rest in with frogs or some shit.
Depending on the source DNA seems to have a half life of 500-1500 years. This source calculates with slightly over 500 years. Permafrost samples may be more on the upper end of the scale but the message would be similar:
A study of DNA extracted from the leg bones of extinct moa birds in New Zealand found that the half-life of DNA is 521 years. So every 1,000 years, 75 per cent of the genetic information is lost. After 6.8 million years, every single base pair is gone.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/how-long-does-dna-last
What if we used a time machine, go back in time, place a mosquito on a dinosaur, then when all full of blood place it into a cryogenic container that can last say 70+million years, go back to the present, find the container, and sequence the DNA?
Why not just bring the mosquito back? Or the actual dinosaur?
(That was the joke. Well, an attempt at a joke least.)
It was too early in the morning for me to pick up on that.
My fault, not yours.
Science is supposed to be complicated, dammit! /s
Oh, you also attended Rube Goldberg University?
Good ol' RGU. The Fightin' Contraptions.
I think that was the joke
Probably
Well not with that attitude. Have fun being dinosaurless while we're out here jousting on velociraptors
If you say it like that, I'll happily abandon science to go velocitaptor jousting with you!
Do do dooo dooo dooo!
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Dooo dooo doooooooo!
Bring that civilization-ending virus.
The world needs some alone time without humans.
Good news! No matter what we do the world is going to get some alone time without humans.
I recall the time they found some fossilized mosquitoes, and before long, they were cloning DNA
Fossilised?
Don’t want to sound rude but fossilised means turned into a rock…
I know because I love palaeontology and I‘m a fossil hunter.
Don’t ban me guys, I’m just an average paleo nerd
I was quoting Weird Al, don't shoot the messenger
Now I'm being chased by some irate velociraptors. Well, believe me, this has been one lousy day.
Well, this sure ain't no e-ticket. Think I'll tell them where to stick it. 'Cause I'm never coming back this way again!
Beats going to work.
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