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microscopic bears that shrug at vacuum, radiation, and the heat death of your assumptions.
means a phylum of eight-legged micro-animals that survive near-total desiccation by suspending their metabolism almost entirely.
from named in 1776 by italian biologist lazzaro spallanzani, from latin tardigradus, slow stepper, for their lumbering waterbear walk under the microscope.
survived spaceexposed to vacuum and cosmic rays on esa mission, 2007
cryptobiosis trickreplace water with trehalose sugar, pause life itself
ancient lineagefossil relatives predate dinosaurs by millions of years
tiny but everywherefound from himalayan peaks to deep ocean trenches
for instance
foxq87 — tardigrade species revived after 30 years frozen in antarctic moss, 2016
tardis mission — esa 2007 experiment, tardigrades survived open space exposure
milnesium tardigradum — one of the most studied and radiation-tolerant species