What Are Water Bears, And Where Do They Live?

Let’s start with the good news: water bears are not, to the best of our knowledge, the ungodly spawn of a Kodiak and a great white with the ursine strength and shark-like hunger of a nightmare animal come to life. That said, if anybody reading this works for Asylum Pictures, that one’s a freebie. Be sure to put us in the “Special Thanks.”

No, the term “water bear” is a nickname for the tardigrade, an adorable species of nearly invisible little engines that could. Tardigrades are microscopic eight legged animals with about the same body proportions as Baymax from Big Hero 6. According to the Science Education Research Center at Carleton College, they were first described in the late 1700s by a German pastor before being named “tardigrades,” or “slow steppers,” by an Italian biologist a few years later. They thrive on goo sucked out of plants and animals, and they look like they’d make a deep cartoon “boing” sound if they bumped into each other.

And where can you find these majestic creatures? In practice, just about anywhere, since over 900 varieties have been found all over the world. In theory, things get even cooler: tardigrades are insanely adaptable creatures, capable of surviving in unimaginably unwelcoming environments like vacuums, under deadly amounts of radiation, and in vials of boiling alcohol. This is achieved through a process called cryptobiosis, in which the lovable little scamps suspend all of their body functions, placing themselves in a state almost indistinguishable from death, only to restore themselves, ship shape, as soon as their environment becomes a little more hospitable. Add to that the fact that a collection of the little fellas was scattered across the moon during an Israeli spacecraft collision not long ago, and we’re left with the very real possibility that the answer to the question “where do they live?” is quite possibly “in their new headquarters, orbiting Earth, waiting for their chance to strike.”

59 thoughts on “What Are Water Bears, And Where Do They Live?

  1. Scsqga says:

    oral fenofibrate 160mg buy tricor generic tricor 200mg usa

  2. Kvqhni says:

    tadalafil without a doctor’s prescription order generic cialis 10mg order viagra 50mg

  3. Nxvmzs says:

    buy generic zaditor cost zaditor 1 mg imipramine us

  4. Gafhup says:

    buy minoxidil paypal cialis mail order ed pills

  5. Ffejey says:

    precose 50mg price micronase 2.5mg price griseofulvin 250 mg pill

  6. Vffigh says:

    aspirin canada purchase imiquad online imiquimod price

  7. Qdmmga says:

    generic melatonin 3mg meloset 3mg pills buy danazol 100mg

  8. Xmdqnm says:

    dipyridamole cost pravachol 20mg us pravachol us

  9. Ledvga says:

    buy duphaston 10 mg online cheap brand duphaston 10mg jardiance 10mg tablet

  10. Rptvqo says:

    fludrocortisone 100mcg us buy rabeprazole paypal buy generic loperamide 2 mg

  11. Vcaprt says:

    prasugrel 10mg usa dimenhydrinate 50 mg without prescription buy detrol 1mg pills

  12. Hwcdto says:

    pyridostigmine 60mg brand order feldene 20 mg online order rizatriptan 5mg for sale

  13. Cknlbk says:

    ferrous 100 mg ca risedronate 35mg over the counter sotalol 40mg drug

  14. Aviqku says:

    vasotec 5mg sale order generic doxazosin 1mg duphalac online order

  15. Sbxbxa says:

    how to buy zovirax xeloda online buy buy rivastigmine online

  16. Lccmug says:

    order omeprazole 20mg generic metoprolol 100mg drug buy metoprolol 50mg generic

  17. Dnuuwx says:

    order tadalafil 10mg online tadalafil tablet viagra without prescription

  18. Uctpeb says:

    cost micardis purchase molnupiravir online cheap molnupiravir 200 mg pill

  19. Hwztgr says:

    buy cenforce 50mg online buy cenforce paypal order chloroquine 250mg pill

  20. Hjrxbn says:

    purchase modafinil generic buy provigil pills order prednisone 10mg pill

  21. Rpykjq says:

    buy azelastine 10ml generic purchase azelastine sale irbesartan over the counter

  22. Ifgwza says:

    buy nexium 40mg online esomeprazole online buy cost topamax

  23. Fsfyex says:

    imitrex 25mg ca buy imitrex tablets avodart tablet

  24. Ktcwnj says:

    allopurinol without prescription buy generic clobetasol where to buy crestor without a prescription

  25. Lbswwz says:

    buy ranitidine medication meloxicam 7.5mg tablet celecoxib pill

  26. Wkoptl says:

    generic buspirone order cordarone 100mg without prescription buy amiodarone online

  27. Dvfszu says:

    buy flomax 0.2mg generic simvastatin brand simvastatin 20mg sale

  28. Hclxzo says:

    order domperidone 10mg pill buy carvedilol 25mg pills buy tetracycline 500mg without prescription

  29. Whdidp says:

    generic aldactone valtrex 500mg drug cost proscar 1mg

  30. Aoczpk says:

    essays help help with term paper buy a dissertation

  31. Ydoziz says:

    cheap diflucan buy acillin generic ciprofloxacin 1000mg price

  32. Drtaad says:

    aurogra 50mg over the counter estradiol 1mg price yasmin buy online

  33. Ydbpyg says:

    generic flagyl 200mg bactrim without prescription order cephalexin 125mg online

  34. Faaeye says:

    lamictal us minipress 1mg pill mebendazole 100mg us

  35. Sijzft says:

    brand cleocin fildena 50mg for sale purchase fildena pill

  36. Pvoykj says:

    buy retin cream buy avana 200mg pill buy cheap generic avana

  37. Sfbuta says:

    buy nolvadex 20mg for sale nolvadex medication buy budesonide inhalers

  38. Vdwikr says:

    cefuroxime 250mg canada buy generic robaxin methocarbamol cheap

  39. Dxtggl says:

    brand tadalafil 20mg order indomethacin for sale order indomethacin online

  40. Bwpkgv says:

    buy desyrel pills for sale desyrel over the counter buy generic clindac a

  41. Rmnetd says:

    buy cheap generic terbinafine buy lamisil real money slots

  42. Jlyxdx says:

    aspirin price order aspirin for sale slot games free

  43. Hbjvyb says:

    writing assignments top rated free slots online world series of poker online

  44. Zkybew says:

    write my assignment for me is homework helpful order suprax 200mg without prescription

  45. Bcrbyu says:

    rocaltrol usa tricor 160mg generic tricor 200mg drug

  46. Jezbpj says:

    buy amoxicillin 250mg generic trimox generic buy generic biaxin

  47. Flbjtl says:

    permanent treatments for acne prescription strength acne treatment buy oxcarbazepine 300mg

  48. Atnnwe says:

    order catapres for sale clonidine 0.1mg pills buy tiotropium tablets

  49. Dkezsk says:

    uroxatral 10 mg price buy alfuzosin 10mg pills best prescription drug for nausea

  50. Jreqay says:

    order minocycline 100mg capsules how to buy requip buy generic requip online

  51. Njqjkd says:

    basic care sleep aid cheap prescription diet pills online fastest weight loss pills

  52. Gjxmbc says:

    holistic ways to quit smoking otc pain relievers for arthritis pain reliever pills

  53. Mcsarz says:

    provera for sale praziquantel usa order generic microzide

  54. Zqjecs says:

    periactin 4 mg tablet purchase fluvoxamine sale ketoconazole 200mg drug

  55. Swqvfx says:

    over the counter antifungal creams most popular blood pressure meds foods that help lower blood pressure

  56. Xvewsw says:

    cymbalta medication order cymbalta sale buy modafinil 200mg sale

  57. Kgfyzk says:

    what causes erosive gastritis different types of urinary infections will tylenol help ease uti pain

  58. Dzajbo says:

    order promethazine for sale stromectol online stromectol ivermectin

  59. Skqeet says:

    birth control prescription same day birth control pills by mail how to increase sprem volume

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

pictellme.com