A fossilized mosquito preserved for 46,000,000 years was discovered with blood still inside its abdomen a rare snapshot of ancient life frozen in time

Article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1015/46-million-year-old-mosquito-filled-with-blood-is-a-scientific-first

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[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hell yeah time to bring back the dinosaurs

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Turns out it will be some 46M year old Karen and her clone will just complain.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Ah ah ah you didn't say the magic word!

[–] vanitasvanitatum@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

46 000 000 years ago?

I’m pretty sure that dinosaurs didn’t exist in Eocene.

For those who feel the urge to correct me, yes birds are theropods

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Maybe it had also found a 46 000 000 year old mosquito in amber and had just finished drinking that beautifully aged blood when the tree sap struck again.