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Biological Miracle – Wood Frog

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503 points thunderbong | 4 comments | 15 Nov 24 18:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.599s | source
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pkoird ◴[15 Nov 24 19:25 UTC] No.42150000[source]▶
Curious to how long the frozen structure can "survive". I wonder if it's a good idea to freeze one such frog and thaw it centuries later (an amphibian time-traveler!)
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1. muzani ◴[16 Nov 24 05:19 UTC] No.42154513[source]▶
It's a bit of a fantasy that we might find a perfectly well preserved dinosaur in a glacier somewhere.
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2. t-3 ◴[16 Nov 24 06:19 UTC] No.42154782[source]▶
Not possible - the oldest ice we've found on the planet is much less than 10 million years old. Even if some area remained frozen long enough to contain an intact dinosaur, it would be buried deeply enough and under enough pressure to just be a bit more arctic oil by now.
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3. 8n4vidtmkvmk ◴[16 Nov 24 07:29 UTC] No.42155055[source]▶
What about amber? Don't tell me that's a lie too
4. ComputerGuru ◴[16 Nov 24 14:08 UTC] No.42156521[source]▶
Forget the dinosaurs, we can't even preserve the glaciers themselves these days!