Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A 40 million-year-old sex act is frozen in time
[ Tue, 1 Mar 2011 23:38:45 GMT ]

A side view of a mating pair of the extinct mite Glaesacarus rhombeus, preserved in amber.Forty million years ago, a female mite met an attractive partner, grabbed him with her clingy rear end and began to mate — just before a blob of tree resin fell on the couple, preserving the moment for eternity.


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