Real life time traveler
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
February 20, 2012 11:44pm CST
A plant that had been buried by squirrels thirty thousand years ago turned out to be a true time traveler.
The Silene Stenophylla Plant only needed the kiss of warmth and a gardener's gentle touch to come back to life.
The Silene Stenophylla Plant from the past is slightly smaller than its modern relatives.
Earth is full of places still in the deep freeze, so a long ago squirrel's larder may be yet a scientist's dream. This dream has been also taken up by those who ponder on the possibility of life on Mars, a chilly neighbor of Earth.
Mars long ago had water, and with water one can ponder that life came forth. After the loss of water and obvious life, the planet may harbor dormant time travelers for Humans to ponder.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2103936/Ancient-plant-brought-life-buried-squirrels-Siberian-permafrost-30-000-years-ago.html
2 responses
@viceversa (4)
• China
29 Feb 12
To crafty Corner :i can't agree more! This is amazing world! we human just is as tiny as dust.we don't even know what's exactly look like under 10 kilometres away the surface of the earth we are living on.If we are worms ,we just break through the pericarp of apple,let alone the remote Mars.
Maybe we don't have to travel so long --to Mars ,there is another world waiting us under our foot.
PS TOWVK : No offend ,Within my ken ,there is no evidence indicate that water or ice exists on Mars
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@viceversa (4)
• China
1 Mar 12
You are right! There is exactly ICE on the planet after my reading some material on internet !By the way ,there is indirect evidence indicate that there is fluid water there--"the river bed "
My knowledge need to be refreshed . Thanks for your respond!
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
22 Feb 12
I have always been curious about time traveling. I guess I would really want to do it if only I can. Now, regarding your specific topic, I assume that you mean that the plant was sleeping for a very long time and it came back to life from the gardener's touch. That is a mystery of the earth. I guess there are several things here on earth that we have yet to discover. Same as with Mars, I wonder if there are really aliens around. It is possible because the earth is just a dot in the galaxy and our galaxy is just another dot in a bigger galaxy. 
