The Tardigrade by Abigail de Groof https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk The microscopic water bear/moss piglet. en-us 2017-03-03 16:46:14 UTC 2025-10-04 20:57:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Just how durable are these things? abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/157671408 These "things" can live in space for ten days, in pressures 6 times the pressure of the Mariana trench, and in temperatures of 1 K (−458 °F; −272 °C) (close to absolute zero) to about 420 K (300 °F; 150 °C).]]> 2017-03-03 16:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/157671408 They're cool! abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158081388 Creepy, but cool. Eight-legged, microscopic, and aquatic creatures that can live practically anywhere!]]> 2017-03-06 16:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158081388 Eating habits! abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158082285 "Most tardigrades are phytophagous (plant eaters) or bacteriophagous (bacteria eaters), but some are carnivorous to the extent of eating other smaller species of tardigrades (e.g., Milnesium tardigradum). Others are cannibalistic to their own species." -Wikipedia
Cannibalism is strange, but alright!]]> 2017-03-06 16:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158082285 Where do they live? abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158389378 Mostly near moss or water, Tardigrades are aquatic creatures. But they can live in extreme temperatures, severely dehydrated, and in space!]]> 2017-03-07 16:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158389378 What it actually looks like underneath a microscope abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158390741 2017-03-07 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158390741 abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158391963 2017-03-07 16:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158391963 abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158392160 2017-03-07 16:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158392160 abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158392788 2017-03-07 16:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158392788 Size abigail_de https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158398849 They can be about 0.5 mm long(or 0.02 in.)]]> 2017-03-07 16:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_de/ahg128e7u9nk/wish/158398849