“We don’t know what state they were in,” said study team member Jean Brenchley of Pennsylvania State University. “They could’ve been dormant, or they could’ve been slowly metabolizing, but we don’t know for sure.”
I dunno. Microbes or really, really, really tiny Skittles maybe?
Huh
Hmmm? Maybe we should just incubate them and see what happens.
So being cautious scientists they incubated the little bastards.
Holy Andromeda Strain Batman! Looks like Captain Trips