Stalker is always fascinated by news from the world of worms and the most amazing type of worm seems to be the nematode.
Only recently a nematode was “awakened” from a 46,000 year sleep in the Siberian permafrost. When it became frozen, the pyramids hadn’t been built, nor the hanging gardens of Babylon sown - and our ancestors shared the planet with Neanderthals.
The worm Pangrolamus kolymaensis is currently in a German laboratory where it has proved itself to be the ultimate survivor.
Cyptobiosis is the theory of metabolism dropping to a near-undetectable level, and seems to be the way these worms have survived. Amazing. Makes one have even more respect and awe for these versatile little critters.
