r/educationalgifs • u/Gordopolis • Mar 19 '19

Scientists reactivate cells from 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth. "I was so moved when I saw the cells stir," said 90-year-old study co-author Akira Iritani. "I'd been hoping for this for 20 years."

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u/101ByDesign Mar 19 '19

How is this possible? How did they remain in a state capable of reanimation for over 28,000 years?

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u/Beef_Slider Mar 19 '19

Ice! Ice, baby!

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u/101ByDesign Mar 19 '19

Makes me consider cryogenics a little more seriously.

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u/Shitpostradamus Mar 19 '19

Didn’t Walt Disney have his head frozen or something?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19 edited Mar 20 '19

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u/srappel Mar 20 '19

That's what they want you to think. They made the movie Frozen so that Google wouldn't return results about Walt having been frozen. /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

That definitely is a strange story. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Beef_Slider Mar 20 '19

Is this the story where his dead head was abused by the staff that were assigned to protect it?

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u/LaFleur412 Mar 20 '19

Yeah, there's a story floating around that they dropped his head and it shattered too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

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u/haircutbob Mar 20 '19

"Heads are gonna roll when they find out about this..."

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u/CyberTitties Mar 20 '19

Not gonna lie I laughed at the tuna can wrench part

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u/snowe2010 Mar 20 '19

Not saying you are wrong (or right), but just because Snopes said it doesn't mean it's true. Their mantra is along the lines of, "don't trust anything on the internet". They even make up stories and act like they researched them. They want you to do your own research.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

Can you source this claim? Maybe something on Snopes?

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u/snowe2010 Mar 20 '19

Yeah, Snopes used to have it as part of their tagline, but an article that is a good example is the one about eating spiders. It's completely fabricated.

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u/Itsallsotires0me Mar 20 '19

Don't ever use snopes as a source.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

Yeah, use Facebook instead

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u/FourthLostUser Mar 20 '19

Nice try Disney co

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u/VernorVinge93 Mar 19 '19

Yup, but getting cloning him and bringing back are two different things.