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Tortoise and its egg present in newest Pompeii discovery
The stays of a tortoise and its egg have been unearthed by archaeologists in Pompeii, the Roman metropolis buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The animal was discovered hidden beneath the clay ground of a storehouse and doubtless died earlier than Vesuvius erupted.
The ‘Mount Everest’ of micro organism found in Caribbean swamps
The most important-known bacterium – a vermicelli-shaped organism that was found in shallow mangrove swamps within the Caribbean and is large enough to be seen with the bare eye – is redefining what is feasible for micro organism, Earth’s most historical life type. Scientists mentioned on Thursday the bacterium, known as Thiomargarita Magnifica, is noteworthy not merely for its dimension – colossal for a single-celled organism at as much as about eight-tenths of an inch (2 cm) lengthy – but additionally as a result of its inner structure is in contrast to different micro organism.
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