Amber yields 'ancient mites', Dolomite Alps, northeast Italy
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Amber yields 'ancient mites', Dolomite Alps, northeast Italy| Space4Eles |
Posted: Aug 30 2012, 06:03 AM
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Amazing photos ...
Triassic amber yields 'ancient mites' After a painstaking screen of more than 70,000 droplets, Prof Grimaldi and his team discovered three ancient arthropods - including two species of previously undiscovered mite - entombed within these small resinous gems ... The ancient mites most likely fed on the leaves of an extinct conifer tree that ultimately preserved them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19400520 -------------------- "They need to move and have stimulation. They need to be browsing, foraging, socialising. They need to have reason for movement." Pat Derby, PAWS, on elephants' needs.
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