Scientists have found three well preserved ancient insects frozen in amber — and time — in what is Earth's oldest bug trap.
The discoveries of amber-encased insects in Italy may sound like something out of "Jurassic Park" but these bugs are even older than that. They are about 230 million years old, which puts them in the Triassic time period, and about 100 million years older than what had been the previously known oldest critters trapped in fossilized tree resin, or amber.
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Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber
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, Aug 28 2012 01:58 PM
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Posted 28 August 2012 - 01:58 PM
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Posted 28 August 2012 - 02:22 PM
Awesome! I was hoping for pictures though.
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 12:11 PM
Really hope that technology would catch up n resurrect the dinos from ancient mosquito blood. Just like in jurassic park
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 12:30 PM
But remember how the movie ended...yikes!
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 01:56 PM
To small to see with the naked eye ...... Dang !
When I read the Head Line I pictured a giant mosquito, moth, Ant or somthing.
When I read the Head Line I pictured a giant mosquito, moth, Ant or somthing.
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
I thought it would be bigger like the one in Jurassic Park movies, but we all know how that ended. No njice to mess with Mother Nature
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 08:07 PM
RockabyeBillie, on 28 August 2012 - 02:22 PM, said:
Awesome! I was hoping for pictures though.
OverSword, on 28 August 2012 - 02:26 PM, said:
No pics?
http://www.dailymail...rved-amber.html
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 01:50 AM
Turns out these bugs are "Crabs" and not the kind you find at Red Lobster! LOL!
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 05:18 AM
Our six-legged brothers and sisters the insects - evolving side by side through the perils and vastness of time.
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 05:53 AM
Still Waters, on 30 August 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:
Cool! Thank you!
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 06:11 AM
Pix,or it didn't happen
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 10:59 AM
Simbi Laveau, on 31 August 2012 - 06:11 AM, said:
Pix,or it didn't happen
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