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A praying mantis preserved in amber for millions of years not a sculpture, but a real prehistoric insect trapped in tree resin and fossilized into a natural time capsule.
An entire moment from ancient Earth… frozen before humans even existed.
Check out : https://www.natureknows.org/2024/02/30-million-year-old-praying-mantis-is.html
It was absolutely not trapped alive for 30,000,000 years...
It got stuck in tree sap, and it died, and 30,000,000 years later it's dead body is still in there.
It's also wasn't some instant snapshot of a moment, it most likely got stuck and then slowly covered until it could no longer breathe.
You're hereby *dis-invited* to my Biggest Fish party.
no way
My god 30 million years, trapped in amber, alive? What madness lies behind those eyes? Can we only pray he never escapes his prison?
Praying didn't help the mantis, did it?
Valid point
The Jaunt is real
I think he's dead man.
Genuine titlegore!
Beautiful piece of amber.
It must have gotten really bored
Where's your god now