This animal survived 24,000 years frozen in the Siberian permafrost

The Arctic permafrost is home to all sorts of interesting discoveries. But this one may just take the cake: a microscopic animal that has been revived after slumbering in the frozen soil for 24,000 years! Bdelloid rotifers typically live in watery environments and have an incredible ability to survive. Russian scientists found the creatures in

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