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A praying mantis preserved in amber for millions of years not a sculpture, but a real prehistoric insect trapped in tree resin and fossilized into a natural time capsule.

An entire moment from ancient Earth… frozen before humans even existed.

Check out : https://www.natureknows.org/2024/02/30-million-year-old-praying-mantis-is.html

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 215 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My god 30 million years, trapped in amber, alive? What madness lies behind those eyes? Can we only pray he never escapes his prison?

[–] inari@piefed.zip 157 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Praying didn't help the mantis, did it?

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

So I'm hearing that being trapped in amber results in immortality. Quick, someone tell the billionaires a new cure for death has been discovered!

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Longer than you think,lonGER THAN YOU THINK!!!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Doc... it's eternity in there