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Save the Tardigrades (Original Post) 5X Aug 2019 OP
Kick In_The_Wind Aug 2019 #1
Is this littering? Srkdqltr Aug 2019 #2
On the moon. Throckmorton Aug 2019 #3
That won't kill them ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #6
they are probably our ancestors. n/t 5X Aug 2019 #7
Moon's first colonists The Blue Flower Aug 2019 #4
Oh, god......... MicaelS Aug 2019 #5
Of all the things that need saving... jmowreader Aug 2019 #8

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. That won't kill them
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 09:22 PM
Aug 2019

They can survive down to very near absolute zero. They can survive in a vacuum. Personally, I think they must be aliens.

jmowreader

(50,520 posts)
8. Of all the things that need saving...
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 01:34 AM
Aug 2019

...tardigrades are at the bottom of the list. And that's because you can't kill them.

In fact, with some sort of magnifier on the tank you could turn the tardigrade into the Sea-Monkey for the 21st Century.

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