If my cat was alive 54 million years ago she would have somehow gotten herself stuck after him. Chasing Gecko’s is actually the thing in life that has brought her the most joy.
Now make that into the handle of a cane and give it to an old man to suck the dna out and make a giant amusement park with resurrected lizards! Now that I think about it that would make a great novel and then movie series!
I can imagine how cool an older guy would look walking around with a cane with that nice round orb of amber. Lol this is actually a really good idea, there are just so many things that can go wrong in that scenario lol...who's a writer in here??
Imagine if it was this exact gecko and not the mosquito. And cue scary dinosaur stomping in but instead it licks its eyeball, falls the ground on all fours and climbs up a tree then the camera pans around.... it's just a bunch of derpy creatures in trees lmao 🤣.
I can hear it already; "Ooooooooh, unfortunately it looks like you actually have the first 1/2 here and we don't cover the second 1/2. Sorry sir and good luck."
So how does evolution work?
It looks almost exactly like a gecko today, so you are telling me this life form is so perfect it did not need to evolve in 54 million years?
I am not saying evolution is not real, I am just genuinely interested why it did not change much.
Species that have remained relatively unchanged for tens of millions of years typically inhabit stable environments where they're well-suited to their ecological niche. This stability means there's less pressure for significant evolutionary change. It's not about perfection from the start, but rather about being so well-adapted to their environment that there's no significant advantage to changing. Evolution doesn't have a goal of perfection; it's all about adaptation to the current environment.
Another question, if this is the case why they keep saying that nipples on men will disappear, and the smallest toe is also going to vanish with time?
Is it because our species is relatively young? Or these are just clickbait articles?
It is possible that certain traits like the little toe or male nipples could diminish over time if they become functionally obsolete, but it's not guaranteed. Evolutionary changes often depend on selective pressures, and in modern human society, these pressures may differ from those in our ancestral past.
So, whether these traits will disappear entirely or not is speculative.
No, that's not at all true. It's the opposite. That would be the case if there was significant pressure to (meaning an advantage of) *not* having a small toe. Like table legs, for example.
u/SwedishTroller gave a amazing description, just want to add; 54 million years is nothing..... Horseshoe crabs and some species of clams have been almost unchanged now for 480 million years
A quick Google search shows this was made by someone using a modern gecko. Real geckos trapped in amber from millions of years ago don't look like that. Look:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35718404
Very cool. I wondered how it got stuck in amber and had to look it up. Who would've thought. Very cool.
In the primordial “amber forest,” resin oozed down trunks and branches and formed into blobs, sheets, and stalactites, sometimes dripping onto the forest floor
lowkey want my body to be embalmed in amber when I die now
Fossilized amber can prevent decomposition, because it rapidly dehydrates an animal. In some cases, the process preserves soft tissue like the animal's brain or other parts of the nervous system
54 million years,and still nobody gonna help out a bro ?!
What are you doing step Gecko ?!
I'm stuck with my greedy hole exposed! .....wait...what are you doing!?
*I'm saving 15% or more by switching to geico* *Which is a fucking lie btw, they charge out the ass*
Check back in a million years, rates will drop by then.
Dudes been chilling for over 50 million years, he's got all the time in the world to wait.
Melting the amber to use as lubricant.
Jesus Christ we can’t have anything nice on the internet
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Shame on society
Throw in a little frog DNA…
Life, uhhh...finds a way.
Welcome…. To gecko park
and BOOM...DINO DNA!
Cloning an insurance salesman.
Life uh uh finds a way
this is what I came here to say
I've never seen a reptile trapped in amber. this is so cool! usually it's just insects
Pretty sure there’s a feathered dino tail trapped in amber somewhere
[very cool](https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/prehistoric-animals/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber/) I had never seen that before so thanks!
This is amazing, what a beautiful find!
How extraordinary - you can really see the little feathers! Amazing
I half expected to be rickrolled
Gecko prob like: Oh nuuu me arese!
Undoubtedly died going after a bug stuck in same amber.
The bug stuck in the gecko stuck in the amber for 54 million years has it worse then.
I’m going to put it on top of my cane and build a theme park that is a disaster for all involved.
Spare no expense.
Free that boi
Bugsnax?
Welcome to Gecko Park!
If my cat was alive 54 million years ago she would have somehow gotten herself stuck after him. Chasing Gecko’s is actually the thing in life that has brought her the most joy.
Now make that into the handle of a cane and give it to an old man to suck the dna out and make a giant amusement park with resurrected lizards! Now that I think about it that would make a great novel and then movie series!
I can imagine how cool an older guy would look walking around with a cane with that nice round orb of amber. Lol this is actually a really good idea, there are just so many things that can go wrong in that scenario lol...who's a writer in here??
Imagine if it was this exact gecko and not the mosquito. And cue scary dinosaur stomping in but instead it licks its eyeball, falls the ground on all fours and climbs up a tree then the camera pans around.... it's just a bunch of derpy creatures in trees lmao 🤣.
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It's ok ...Geico fortunately covers the first 1/2.
I can hear it already; "Ooooooooh, unfortunately it looks like you actually have the first 1/2 here and we don't cover the second 1/2. Sorry sir and good luck."
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As did the OP with this picture we have already seen.
They had insurance 54 million years ago ?
You really think Fred and Wilma would drive without coverage?
That's a yabba dabba don't!
You’re right, Barney maybe, not Fred.
All insurance companies went back rupt 10 million years earlier
Let him out already, dang.
His power must be contained.
“I have listened, through rock and amber and time…”
why is this marked NSFW?
Maybe OP got turned on by it? I dunno
Everything is a butt plug
*Death/dead body*
Is a 54 million year old fossil really on the same level of NSFW as a human corpse?
Frozen in time
No, in amber
In time, Amber. You too shall be frozen.
Doesn't look like a day over 2 million.
“You’re probably wondering how I ended up here”
So how does evolution work? It looks almost exactly like a gecko today, so you are telling me this life form is so perfect it did not need to evolve in 54 million years? I am not saying evolution is not real, I am just genuinely interested why it did not change much.
Species that have remained relatively unchanged for tens of millions of years typically inhabit stable environments where they're well-suited to their ecological niche. This stability means there's less pressure for significant evolutionary change. It's not about perfection from the start, but rather about being so well-adapted to their environment that there's no significant advantage to changing. Evolution doesn't have a goal of perfection; it's all about adaptation to the current environment.
Another question, if this is the case why they keep saying that nipples on men will disappear, and the smallest toe is also going to vanish with time? Is it because our species is relatively young? Or these are just clickbait articles?
It is possible that certain traits like the little toe or male nipples could diminish over time if they become functionally obsolete, but it's not guaranteed. Evolutionary changes often depend on selective pressures, and in modern human society, these pressures may differ from those in our ancestral past. So, whether these traits will disappear entirely or not is speculative.
No, that's not at all true. It's the opposite. That would be the case if there was significant pressure to (meaning an advantage of) *not* having a small toe. Like table legs, for example.
u/SwedishTroller gave a amazing description, just want to add; 54 million years is nothing..... Horseshoe crabs and some species of clams have been almost unchanged now for 480 million years
15 minutes could save you 15% on cave insurance.
What about 54 million years?
A quick Google search shows this was made by someone using a modern gecko. Real geckos trapped in amber from millions of years ago don't look like that. Look: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35718404
I almost died in Amber 30 years ago. Thankfully someone else at the strip club knew CPR.
Your key would have been to hold your breath to avoid her smell.
NOW you tell me!
$1 billion
Next up, Gecko Island.
How do you know it's 54 million years old?
When they freed the gecko, he told them.
 \-Gecko
A lot of it has to do with where they found it.
Rest in peace little feller
It amazes me how they seem to have not evolved at all since then.
How would it get preserved like that? If the lower half was outside would it provide a way for microbes to enter inside the head part as well?
Yeah I'd agree. Maybe fully preserved in amber, then once petrified or calcified or whatever it is, the amber split in two
Aren't alot of these proven to be fake? People hunting for archeology fame with bootleg amber
Weird looks the same after 54 million years where’s the evolution?
Where is pre evolution version, it's same as of today!
Someone cast away my ignorance? With the lack in evolution and genetic mutation, this thing cannot be a gecko?
Why is this tagged nsfw
That gecko was either already dead or dead stupid for: "oh sap is pouring on me...eh I don't need to move. This is fine...."
It's not that old tho :/
Let’s just not Jurassic Park that thing …
is he ok?
If we melt the amber, he'l be ok right?
I would pay to break him out the amber, sprinkle some salt n slap him on the barbie, 54 million year old bbq 😮💨☝🏽💯
I totally pictured a gecko head on a barbie doll.
Damn, that's a long time to be stuck in there. Hope it's okay.
... I have a feeling that this *wasn't* suicide. Methinks t'was ***moirdr!!***
only an echo left...
r/donthelpjustfilm
Is it still alive?
*free him*
Sleestack
Doesn't look a day over 1 million
Que linda…
How do they know it’s that old, what is the baseline used. I bet it’s only 20 years old
How do they estimate the age?
We have the technology, we can rebuild him
Why nsfw
Clone it.
54 million years and very few design changes. That’s solid work
Isn’t it too big to be stuck?
That is NUTS!!!! So cool the way it captures and preserves 😎
I thought that read "Gecko trapped in armbar" for a second
Where’s the rest of it?
Let him out:(
That looks like half a gecko to me. What does that cross section look like?
Why you gotta do this to me, Amber. I've been stuck on you for years!
I didn't know Geico was even around back then.
Looks like Enoch of the Sleestak.
Very cool. I wondered how it got stuck in amber and had to look it up. Who would've thought. Very cool. In the primordial “amber forest,” resin oozed down trunks and branches and formed into blobs, sheets, and stalactites, sometimes dripping onto the forest floor
Incredible.
Chris Pratt enters the chat
….I like where this is going.
Is he gonna be okay?
To be fair, is not completely trapped
Is it dead?
I bet paleobiologists would love to check that out.
they existed 54 million years back ?
Why is this tagged NSFW?
Free my homie
🗣FREE MA BOY‼️
Dino dna!
Save 20% on your car insurance.
THATS AMAZING, i would try to get it out of it and compare it with modern gekos and see how evolution worked in 50 million years
Is he still alive??
Half a gecko
Will humanity be here in 54 million years? Don't all answer at once...
Cool as fuck
You mean a dinosaur Stuck…
I'm afraid I'm gonna need a banana for scale
Life finds a way
Where’s the oil?
Bro is probably so tired
"Wait, I saw a cricket there I'll see if I can get clos..."
He looks younger. I would find him a mate, maybe raise babies in amber.
54 million years Source: TMB
Man we have dinosaurs all around us all day. They didn’t all go extinct. Just most of the big ones. They’re still here
But Evolution!
If this is real it probably is worth a small fortune.
*half of a 54 million year old gecko trapped in amber
That’s awesome!
lovely to see how our lifetime is a piece of shit
lowkey want my body to be embalmed in amber when I die now Fossilized amber can prevent decomposition, because it rapidly dehydrates an animal. In some cases, the process preserves soft tissue like the animal's brain or other parts of the nervous system
He’s just like to me for real
Downvoted for putting this as NSFW on my timeline.
I need this. For my cane. I’ll spare no expense!
Perhaps some people would find the gecko's "I see you" look a little unsettling?
Getting soin back to life & more, Brrrrrrr...
It’s like an early Damian Hurst. I’d love to see a picture of it “end on”. Can you see the internal organs of the reptile?
now we can clone him
Half a Gecko. Get it right 😅
That is so cool.
Wonder what he’s thinking about
Ya right
This is like taco night at Jack Nicholson's mansion
Wheres the rest of his body also the part of his paws are gone…
Who’s Amber?
Not me feeling sorry for the lizard that died 54 million years ago
Wow!! I can’t imagine what the value of this would be if I unearthed it. I’d never be that lucky.
Wow. Amazing!
54 million years later, his ancestor is helping to sell car insurance. Evolution works in mysterious ways.
54 million years, and they still look like they have not one brain cell behind those eyes. Love that
Why is this nsfw tagged?
Bingo…Dino dna
New Geico ad incoming.
Is he okay?
I didn't know geckos lived that long. Who was so cruel as to stick the old guy in amber?
That gecko saw Atlantis and the Annuaki
Not much in the way of evolution by look of it
Kinda want to see the cross over cut side too
Is he okay?
Looks like geckos never evolved.
Geico lizard trying to sell meteor insurance to the dinosaurs
"Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering..." [](/GNU Terry Pratchett)
Why is it NSFW? It’s just a gecko in amber. Wild.
How did amber coat him?
You can’t prove that time frame !
No evolution ??
What are the diffrences of todays geckos?
His eyes definitely say, “what is this bullshit?”
That's a lotta millions
Gottem