Despite the apparent huge age gap, they can still date under the “half your age plus 7” rule.
Worst that there are also unknown Virus and Bacteria found in the Permafrost, which are also defrosted with the Climate change. A lot are also still life..
More fun still - prions.
Your autoclave won't help you now, kids.
Although, most likely less-evolved hence less-threathening than the current virus and bacterias.
Not less evolved. Just evolved differently for alternative environmental circumstances.
There is no hierarchy of evolutionary traits. Just an amalgamation of traits that are or are not useful in the current environment. What genetic makeup is effective in one place and time is useless in another, and what was once useless may now be beneficial.
We have no clue how threatening they could potentially be.
That's not how evolution works.
Is the saber toothed tiger less threatening than the common house cat ?
Yes, saber toothed tiger can't manipulate humans.
It'd have a fair go at manipulating your arm off your torso given the chance.
If it can't survive in today's environment then yes.
They are investigating it, some million years in the oldest beeings in Earth don't make evolutive difference to the current ones. The only question is, if they can infect humans or animals or not. The climate change make that all tipe of indesirable things are defrosted, adding more dangerous diseases to the existing ones.
Viruses and bacteria don't evolve to kill you. They propogate in your system to spread themselves. It's actually in their best interest to keep you alive, so the more evolved ones would be less deadly because they've had more time to dial it in. Not that evolution is something they choose, it's from mutations that work more or less better.
I've seen this one!
Oh, these are the new billionaire inbreds?
Just kidding, fuck yeah, I'll always upvote "the thing".
Can't snack on the tomb cheese.
Can't slurp the sarcophagus juice.
Can't eat ancient worms.
What is there to live for.
In pre-slavic society, you don't eat worm. Worm eats you, then commands you to reproduce so worm has more you to eat.
There are those packing peanuts made from corn starch.
If I remember correctly, the industry term for packing peanuts is "void filler" so, fill that void!
Would anyone still love me if I was a 41,700 y/o worm? 🥺
Leto?
Are you asking for a friend, old worm?
I would ancient worm, I would
I love that "Uh, guys?" is a real in-character reaction and moment in many episodes of SG1. This story easily could have been a plot in the show.
While Star Trek had these wonderful "this is why we explore the galaxy" moments, SG1 wasn't afraid to place characters face-to-face with something or someone that would just erase existence or end humanity if the next moment wasn't handled the right way.
Are these the same worms that got into RFK Jr's brain after his meeting with his russian handler?
Yes, but they starved for lack of brains :(
It might not have been the worm actually. Missing a chunk of brain runs in his family on his uncle's side.
No. He killed those ones with horse dewormer trying to prevent COVID
always believe in your soul
Indeed.
Worm 1 [Healthy] Age 2 quadrums (32000) of Russia Consuming nutrient paste
Worm 2 [Healthy] Age 1 (41700) of Russia Consuming nutrient paste
Their opponent:
Oh they are going to love microplastics
Are we just looking for imaginative ways to destroy ourselves at this point? We have enough options already! But we have to keep looking for more creative previously unknown ways to kill ourselves.
We've got to leave something interesting for the alien xeno-archaeologists of the future to uncover.
Maybe it's related to thawing of permafrost and they want to research what to do if all the frozen bugs come back to life
Gonna need to break out the board from Cabin in the Woods
Normally I recommend we start small, just a little fire.
Fuck it in this case. Exterminatus.
Did the scientists at least think the worms were getting better on the drums?
they should eat one, or place it in their ear canal :)
I wonder how this is going to advance the status of cryogenic freezing.
It won't. That's simply not possible for an organism as large and complex as a human being. You can watch this for a more detailed explanation.
The Russians were pissed when all of their soldiers died and only SG-1 made it out alive.
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