The Dhaka Times Desk Finally the insect woke up, but after 40 thousand years! It beats fiction. It sounds silly.
Rip Van Winkle was asleep for a long time. This happened in real life. After 40 thousand years, an insect woke up from sleep! Much like a fairy tale!
Two insects were found under the ice. Those who are 32 thousand and 40 thousand years old! They were asleep for a long time! Finally they wake up. Scientists are surprised by the incident.
A report has been published in the international media 'Firstpost'. The report has also been published in the journal 'Doklady Biological Sciences'.
According to the news, a group of Russian scientists discovered this ancient insect swarm. No multicellular animal has ever had such a long hibernation record.
Scientists have collected more than 300 samples from inside the ice. Among them, two samples are those sleeping insects. The genus Panagrolymus is about 32 thousand years old insects.
It is collected from the Alazeya River in northeastern Russia. One specimen was collected from the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. Who is 40 thousand years old!
It is known that after removing the ice layer, the insects start to vibrate slowly. At first they were observed for several weeks. Then they are kept at 20 degrees Celsius. They are also given food. Insects also consume that food. Later they also gave birth to children asexually.
However, scientists are still not sure whether these ancient insects can transmit diseases.
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