I kinda sorta feel like we should probably just trust the process of extinction and not try and resurrect anything whose time has come and gone. Ya know?

But I'm not a scientist so what do I know?

Scientists have revived tiny animals called nematodes from a slumber that lasted 46,000 years, reports a new study.

The microscopic animals were successfully woken from a state of suspended animation after researchers found them in the permafrost, or frozen soil, that flanks Siberia's northern Kolyma River.

You have just got to wonder what it was like for those fellas to wake up after 46 millenia. I'm sure they had some questions.

Well actually since nematodes are extremely tiny and don't technically have a brain, I would imagine they didn't care that much one way or another. Anyway, scientists say they originated "from a prehistoric era when Neanderthals and dire wolves still roamed the world."

The animals reportedly "did not require much coaxing to start wiggling around and producing modern descendents." They were just up-and-ready to go. If you're a nematode you got things to do.

The study of this protracted cryostasis "allows us to understand how species do this on a genetic and biochemical level," one scientist noted.

K. Just don't start doing it to actual animals. Thx.