Would Water Bears make good pets?

[Baitball Blogger]

[frogmarch]

1. Well, do they

get along with sea monkeys? That's what I'd need to know before adopting a water bear.

Great video. Water bears are amazing!

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Water Bears are Sea Monkey that can never die.

You can even allow the mini-aquarium to dry up, store the tank in a memorabilia box where it can be found by your grand children; and all they have to do is add water in order to resurrect the pet.

[frogmarch]

3. Yes, they are amazing for sure!

I just read this article about them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-tardigrade-water-bear.html?_r=0

It seems odd that they can withstand almost everything that would kill other animals, but that their lifespan is only about a year.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Great article!

"Tuns have been reconstituted after more than a century and brought back to life as tardigrades, looking not a day older."

[frogmarch]

5. I saw that too and

became even more astonished at their amazingness!

[frogmarch]

6. Halloween is coming, and

I think I'll be a water bear!

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Erm, somehow they look cuter in minature form.

[aidbo]

12. .

made my night, thanks

[jmowreader]

7. If you had a magnifying tank, why not?

The only problem with Tardigrades As Pets is how extremely small they are.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. True.

Sea Monkeys can grow large enough to see. But, given the near immortal qualities of a water bear I don't think we want to enhance the size much larger.

[Laffy Kat]

10. They have to live forever..

Because they are so incredibly ugly they won't even mate with each other!

[Baitball Blogger]

11. You bad.

[rug]

13. If you like an uncurcumcised oenis with six legs.