34,000 years old... : Othor Games

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:14 am

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/49226/

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:21 am

Wow. That is insane. Now instead of thinking about there being life in the universe besides us, how long could it live? :blink:

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:14 pm

They don't look at millennium over 18,000.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:38 pm

Must not make Portal joke.
Must not make Portal joke.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:55 pm

Must not make Portal joke.
Must not make Portal joke.

I guess after all of this time they remain still alive.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:11 pm

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:07 pm

They're going to crack it open and people will start turning into zombies.
Just you wait and see.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:30 pm

They're going to crack it open and people will start turning into zombies.
Just you wait and see.

My first thought reading this (after the surprise of it all) was to remember reading the Andromeda Strain.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:41 pm

Must not make Portal joke.
Must not make Portal joke.

I bet they feel fantastic.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:24 pm

I guess after all of this time they remain still alive.

:gun:

I appoint myself as the reason you don't make Portal jokes.

In any case, amazing find! Though I'll have to remind myself not to break open any salt crystals the next time I'm in Death Valley. Don't want to accidentally unleash something ancient that has been dreaming in slumber for so long...bad things always happen...

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:25 pm

This was a triumph........for science.

Anyways, pretty cool. Hard to think they can survive inside it.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:05 pm

34,000 years?! Woah... :blink:

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:50 am

I raise you 250 million:

http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php/animal-kingdom-records/96-longest-life

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:42 pm

thorian..

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:05 pm

Great find. :tops:

Here is another... (not longevity related), but its Undead :teehee:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fungus-makes-zombie-ants

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:24 pm

Great find. :tops:

Here is another... (not longevity related), but its Undead :teehee:

I think they do a slow-motion thing on these ants on that documentary Planet Earth I think. it's disturbing....you could probably you-tube it.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:22 am

Must not make Portal joke.
Must not make Portal joke.

It's been a long, long time...

:P

@the zombie ant thing: ~~It's only a matter of time before we get an Umbrella type corporation that studies this a bit too much.~~

OH CRAP, http://brutalgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/deadspace-2.jpg are possessed by a type of bacteria/fungi...

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:43 pm

What malfunction is occurring in a human mind to reanimate a 40 million year old bacteria? :ermm:

And on the other end of the scale...

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.html

Note:

"In other research, scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants"

As I've suspected all along!

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:10 pm

I am at a loss for words.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:27 am

Moreover, while humans and most species are divided into only two sixes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sixes.

Read more: Giant Fungus — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.html#ixzz1AxFJHGBl

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:19 am

What malfunction is occurring in a human mind to reanimate a 40 million year old bacteria? :ermm:

And on the other end of the scale...

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.html

Note:

"In other research, scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants"

As I've suspected all along!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sarlacc

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:48 pm

What malfunction is occurring in a human mind to reanimate a 40 million year old bacteria? :ermm:

And on the other end of the scale...

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.html

Note:

"In other research, scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants"

As I've suspected all along!

Fungi aren't plants at all.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:18 pm

Reminds me of the being trapped inside that crystal in Dragon Age for who knows how long. I imagine those bacteria are past insane at this point.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:34 am

Yes, and by now they've gone extinct.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:22 pm

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sarlacc

I always thought of that as some http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion type creature. :facepalm:

Fungi aren't plants at all.

Right. Fungi are closer to the animal kingdom than to plants. I suppose that was the point of the statement... Minus the bad wording by the scientists or the journalist.