Oldest known living critter

A small creature, a nematode, was recently found frozen in the Siberian permafrost. Scientists managed to bring it back to life, and it has in fact now started having babies in the lab.

The nematode in question had been in suspended animation for 46,000 years. Does this make it the world’s oldest known living critter?

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