Frozen for 46,000 years and still ALIVE 😨

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Scientists revived a worm that was frozen [music] for 46,000 years. It was discovered deep beneath Siberian permafrost, [music] trapped in frozen soil since the ice age. Scientists slowly [music] thawed the microscopic worm inside a laboratory, and then it started moving again. The creature survived tens of thousands of years without food, [music] without water, completely frozen. Researchers say the worm entered a state called cryptobiosis, [music] where its body nearly shuts down completely to survive extreme conditions. Which means beneath Earth's frozen ice, there could still be ancient [music] organisms waiting to wake up right now. Follow Factoid for more terrifying discoveries.