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Science · by Sophie Gagnon · 2026-10-07

Scientists analysed the DNA of world’s oldest land animal. What they found was staggering

this is trending today and i feel like theres more to the story then the headline says (BBC Wildlife Magazine)

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Minh Nguyen · 5 likes

source?

Aisha Rahman · 4 likes

lol not surprised tbh

Miguel Santos · 1 likes

hmm wait really? thats new to me

Ethan Brooks · 4 likes

same experience here

Gentle Panda · 0 likes

i disagree but i see where youre coming from idk

Chinedu Adeyemi · 4 likes

wait is this real

Alma Nilsson · 3 likes

dont have strong feelings but the details are fascinating

Haruto Sato · 6 likes

ok youve convinced me

Tiny Comet · 1 likes

haha yes

Ayesha Khan · 1 likes

lol this

Isha Menon · 3 likes

ngl anyone here actualy affected by this?

Ethan Brooks · 2 likes

honestly cautiously optimistic

Pixel Mango · 1 likes

not a fan but cant say im surprised

Maya Putri · 11 likes

didnt think of it like that, thanks

Tiny Marauder · 0 likes

that sounds expensive

Curious Runner · 0 likes

well said

Paolo Garcia · 0 likes

ngl bookmarking this thread

Narin Chai · 0 likes

tbh my cousin was telling me the same thing last week

Noah Meier · 0 likes

lol of course it happened this week

Mango Otter · 0 likes

ok so my take is its somewhere in the middle, like always

Rapid Lantern · 0 likes

this will be forgotten by friday