[vetvetdoug]

Anthrax can germinate from samples taken from a mummy then it can be possible for a plant to germinate after a very long hibernation.

[mmercier]

>> Anthrax can germinate from samples taken from a mummy then it can be possible for a plant to germinate after a very long hibernation.

In fact, where there is the possibility of life there will be life.

African fish lay eggs that blow around in the desert for decades, and hatch in puddles.

And then there is this...

Main Entry: botulinum toxin
Variant: also botulinus toxin
Function: noun
: a very powerful bacterial neurotoxin that acts primarily on the parasympathetic nervous system, is produced by botulinum, and causes botulism —often used with one of the letters A to G to designate one of seven distinct types called also botulin

Bacteria that dies in the presence of oxygen. Botulinum has been here since before there was o2 in the atmosphere, and it is still here. Mostly found in canned greens, the botulinum bacteria is not harmful to humans, just its byproduct is lethal to mammals, in the extreme.

Life only needs the possibility of survival; and life is willing to wait. That is what is so cool about this... We get to see something from our past.

A nonlinear dynamic, very rare, and very valuable.

[chariotdriver]

anthrax can germinate from samples taken from a mummy

You think that could be the source of the King Tut curse?

[monkeyshine]

Yes, here in California after the big rains many desert flowers bloomed that haven't in decades - they were in hibernation all that time. And the same is true in the Negev desert, when I toured in the spring of 1992 they had a lot of rain that year and seeds that had been in hibernation for over 100 years flowered in the desert. Some seeds definitely can stay protected for a long time - they are "designed" to be that way, or shall we say, they evolved to be the kind of seed that could survive - the ones that couldn't just turned to dust.