Fossilized mosquitos with their last meal of blood still inside of - TopicsExpress



          

Fossilized mosquitos with their last meal of blood still inside of them are extremely rare. The female was killed immediately after eating, before the blood could be digested. By chance, it just happened to fall on the ground in favorable conditions for fossilization. Researchers predict the blood most likely came from a bird, though it is unlikely that any DNA will be recovered with current technology, so dont count on any Jurassic Park-style resurrections to come from this discovery. More info: bit.ly/1hTYm9p Photo via: PNAS
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:25:10 +0000

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