🔥 A 12 million year old praying mantis encased in amber

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image showing 🔥 A 12 million year old praying mantis encased in amber

AFineDayForScience on December 5th, 2020 at 16:31 UTC »

Dance like no one is watching, little mantis

levishand on December 5th, 2020 at 16:50 UTC »

Sees a giant meteorite breaching the atmosphere, squares up to fight it

Phishtravaganza on December 5th, 2020 at 17:08 UTC »

Welcome to Amber Facts you didnt ask for! "Amber" In Ancient Greek is "Elektron" and is where we get the words Electricity and Electron (obviously) since Amber is highly conductive insulative and if rubbed with wool or down would create hold a static force that held things like feathers and string to its surface when charged.

Edit:This may have also lead thinkers like Democratis and Leucippus to hold the belief in atoms more than 2000 years before their official discovery.

Edit: correction thanks to Dr. u/idontreplytotexts, dont want to misinform.