Zombie worm wakes up after 24,000 years in deep freeze

A tiny multicellular animal found frozen deep in Siberian soil was brought back to life after about 24,000 years, resuming movement, feeding and reproduction under controlled laboratory conditions. The organism was identified as a bdelloid rotifer, a microscopic creature that typically lives in freshwater, and was extracted from a layer of frozen ground known as […] The post Zombie worm wakes up after 24,000 years in deep freeze appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.