Mildly interesting
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wrote on 28 Nov 2024, 20:17 last edited by
They had it coming.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 03:30 last edited by
One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 06:18 last edited by
Wow.
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One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 15:19 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.Scientists hogged all the glory, but they should have let a farmer or a gardener plant the seed.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 15:43 last edited by
I’m withholding judgment until I see the list of hobbies of the scientists. They may well be gardeners too.
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"World’s largest log cabin" in Portland, Oregon, USA, picture taken in 1938. The cabin was built in 1905, and burned down in 1964.
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Very cool, but I assume it doesn't work in person. Only on video captured at some discrete frames per second.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2024, 01:28 last edited by
Did anyone other than me make those flip page "movies" where you would draw something on the edge of a page, make it slightly different on the next page so it looked like a guy was running, or jumping, or whatever.
In school, it was a big thing for a while with people getting pretty creative with their drawings/stories.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 13:10 last edited by
Seen on FB:
Photographer Tony Austin recently captured an extraordinary moment during a 3-hour nature walk. As a murder of crows landed nearby, one of the crows caught his attention with its unusual behavior. Curious, Tony started taking photos—and what he documented was fascinating!
The crow was “anting,” a unique behavior where birds land on anthills, letting ants crawl through their feathers. The ants release formic acid, which acts as a natural insecticide, fungicide, and bactericide—helping the birds rid themselves of harmful pathogens. Nature’s self-care routine at its finest!
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 13:21 last edited by
That is interesting. And how do they learn these things? Instinct? Rearing?
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 13:27 last edited by
What’s in it for the ants?
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