Imagine being that roundworm, waking up after being asleep for 46,000 years and wondering why everything has changed so much!
Also makes me wonder just how long they could sit there in permafrost and still be able to wake up. Is there an upper limit?
I think youâre projecting a lot of your human cognitive ability on this particular worm
Yes, Iâm aware of that. I know that worms are very, very simple creatures that donât really have much of any cognitive ability at all. I think the key word in my post is âimagineâ.
At the same time I was more enthused with the tought if the world would have changed as much from the wormsâ perspective. I donât think the siberian flora and fauna have changed very drastically. Probably the mammoths were still around back then, and that would be the most important change. The climate might be different.
âAh, after fourty-six thousand years Iâm free! Itâs time to conquer Earth!â