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Gallery: The oldest living things in the world
Rachel Sussman is obsessed with very old things that are still alive. She has spent years researching and tracking down the world's oldest organisms. Here, take a look at just some of her photograp...
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This looks like an ancient organism for sure! Wow
That's the same one I found most fascinating as well! I'd love the privilege of seeing them close up and personal. As a tactile person, I wonder what they feel like to the touch?
I would imagine they were very fine to the touch, certainly very similar to moss, but definitely a lot bigger as moss is mostly a surface plant. Would really be cool to get up close...
Sleeping on them would be very nice I suspect.