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BOO!
Boo!
Hi, there. Perhaps many of you don't know me. I'm what your scientists have called a tardigrade. Pretty creepy looking, aren't I? I'd be a lot more frightening if I were the size of, say, your dog, but actually, those of my kind are water creatures who only grow to just over 1 mm, on average.
So we're real tiny. But here's the kicker: we're almost impossible to kill. We can also withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water. We can cope with ridiculous amounts of pressure and radiation, and we can live for more than 10 years without food or water. We can even survive the hard vacuum of outer space. So go ahead and kill each other with wars and nuclear bombs and the like, but we'll still be around. Even if this planet gets a courtesy call from the Sweet Meteor of Death and all living things are completely wiped out, we'll still be here.
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That thing is friggin' scary lookin' ain't it? I've seen older pics that weren't too interesting but the resolution is getting better.
I'm glad they aren't as big as Grizz
I'm glad they aren't as big as Grizz
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But.... aren't tardigrades living things? Or is that only after the first trimester?
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