Oldest animal sperm discovered in 100-million-year-old amber

CNN ^ | Updated 7:15 AM ET, Thu September 17, 2020 | By Amy Woodyatt, CNN

[Red Badger]

Scientists have found the oldest sample of animal sperm, concealed in a 100 million-year-old piece of amber. Paleontologists discovered the sample in the reproductive tract of an ancient female crustacean encased in resin -- one of several samples of ostracods from Myanmar. The previously unknown species of crustacean, now named Myanmarcypris hui, resembles a modern day mussel and is an example of an ostracod. Ostracods are small animals that date back some 500 million years, and can still be found in oceans, freshwater lakes and rivers.

Using 3D X-ray reconstructive technology, scientists analyzed several ostracod specimens, studying their limbs and reproductive organs. Experts discovered ripe sperm inside the sperm receptacles of a female crustacean, who would have stored the sperm for release once her eggs had matured had she not been encased in the sticky tree resin.

[Fred Nerks]

have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7eMRJbbKA&feature=youtu.be

[Candor7]

Wow! That was a great video deserving of its own thread.

[Fred Nerks]

How’s about you post it?

[Candor7]

Done:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3886103/posts

[COBOL2Java]

[SunkenCiv]

Black people are going to vote for this? I can't wait for the Biden supporters to rationalize this flagrant display of racism. I look forward to their tales of Joe's road to Damascus. I do not know the source of this clip and it may contain copyrighted material, the use of which was not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am providing an archive of news reports, essays, extracts and links to selected, publicly available material, solely to participate in the public discussion of current events and notable persons and organizations. I believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. The material on this site is made available without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes by their visits. For more information please review Title 17, Sec. 107 of the U.S. Code.

"They Need Socialization"

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 09/18/2020. Thanks Red Badger.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably all the rest of the prehistoric amber topics, including stuff about the Amber Room; chrono:

• Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous 'hell ant' clutch a baby cockroach in an amber tomb [2020]
• Amber fossils unlock true color of 99-million-year-old insects [2020]
• 99-Million-Year-Old Ammonite Found in Burmese Amber [2019]
• First examples of Iberian prehistoric 'imitation amber' beads at gravesites [2019]
• Frozen in time Ancient insects trapped in amber at the precise moment they hatched from their eggs [2018]
• Ancient bird fossils have 'the weirdest feathers I have ever seen' [2018]
• 99 million-year-old beetle found trapped in amber [2018]
• Sicilian amber in western Europe pre-dates arrival of Baltic amber by at least 2,000 years [2018]
• 99-Million-Year-Old Snake Hatchling Found Encased in Burmese Amber [2018]
• A surprise find: 99-million-year-old frog encased in amber [2018]
• Remarkable spider with a tail found preserved in amber after 100 million years [2018]
• Ticks Trapped in Amber Were Likely Sucking Dinosaur Blood [2017]
• Ticks That Fed on Dinosaurs Found Trapped in Amber [2017]
• Treasure hunters say they have found .... the £200m Amber Room [2017]
• Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber [2017]
• Dec 2016: Feathered dinosaur tail fragment trapped in amber amazes scientists [2017]
• Could Long-Lost Amber Room Be Stashed in a Nazi Bunker in Poland? [2016]
• New Cretaceous Fossils Shed Light On The Early Evolution Of Ants [2016]
• Ancient flowering plant was beautiful -- but probably poisonous [2016]
• Scientists Have Found An Ancient Fossilized Mosquito Full Of Blood (46 Million Years OLD) [2013]
• Dinosaur Feathers Discovered in Canadian Amber [2013]
• A Fossilized Scene of a Spider Attacking a Wasp, Preserved for 110 Million Years [2012]
• Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber [2012]
• 'Dinofuzz' Found in Canadian Amber [2011]
• Peru researchers make rare ancient insect find [2011]
• Prehistoric mammal hair found in Cretaceous amber [2010]
• Marine plankton found in amber [2008]
• Scientists Discover 356 Animal Inclusions Trapped In Opaque Amber 100 Million Years Old [2008]
• Dino-Era Feathers Found Encased In Amber (100 Million Years Old) [2008]
• How Amber Becomes Death Trap For Watery Creatures [2007]
• Scientist: Frog Could Be 25M Years Old [2007]
• Scientist finds 100 million-year-old bee [2006]
• Spider 'is 20 million years old' [2005]
• Oldest spider silk preserved in amber [2003]
• Dinosaur Breath - Cretaceous Atmosphere Sample obtained and Studied. [2003]

[a fool in paradise]

How the hell did it get up there?

[SunkenCiv]

Some demented tree-boffer?.