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Dr. Nürburg
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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:02 pm Post subject: Water Bears |
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This is the weirdest creature I have ever seen.
About 1.5mm in length, Tardigrades (commonly known as water bears or moss piglets), are microscopic, water-dwelling, segmented animals with eight legs.
They are among the species taking a ride on Phobos-Grunt as part of the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE).
Until I read the article I thought it was a toaster-sized robot of some kind to collect particles.
Oh no, it is a real living thing. How nuts is that?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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 Ugh?
Looks like some kind of weird sand creature from star wars!
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bedem15
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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i have never seen or heard of one of those...its pretty frightening
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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weird in deed did a little bit of reading over at space.com
http://www.space.com/5843-legged-space-survivor-panspermia-life.html
| Quote: | | Some scientists think life might have originated on Mars and then been transported to Earth in a meteorite kicked up by an asteroid impact. |
That explains why im so good looking.
with all kidding aside could something like this be in our drinking water now? could it be a good bacteria that fights bad bacteria? or a bad bacteria which may cause unknown diseases?
thats what crosses my mind when I read and seen things like this.
makes me ponder.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Another amazing thing about science is one time I walked into a bar and saw a woman that kinda looked like that...
But (now here is where the science comes in) after about 8 to 10 of my favorite beverages she looked like this...
I just love science  |
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neeraffa
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| Master Of Puppets wrote: | Another amazing thing about science is one time I walked into a bar and saw a woman that kinda looked like that...
But (now here is where the science comes in) after about 8 to 10 of my favorite beverages she looked like this...
I just love science |
LMAO!! +1 rep for the laugh! 
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:35 am Post subject: |
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^^^  That looks like some kind of mutant mole...too weird  I had to read up on this here's a short article on it.......
Tardigrades (water bears, Echiniscus sp.) are an obscure group of invertebrates (Tardigrada) located between the nematodes (roundworms) and the arthropods (crustacea, insects, and ticks). Tardigrades are microscopic aquatic animals that need water to live and are found in marine, freshwater, and semi-aquatic terrestrial habitats. They can live in extreme environments ranging from hot springs to solid ice. Without water they shrivel into a cask stage and survive long periods of desiccation in a stage called cryptobiosis. Water bears feed on the fluids of plant and animal cells. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:56 am Post subject: Re: Water Bears |
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| KnightSquared wrote: |
About 1.5mm in length, Tardigrades (commonly known as water bears or moss piglets), are microscopic, water-dwelling, segmented animals with eight legs.
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I'm just glad they're microscopic so I would never have to see those with my own eyes! It is that way that I can sleep at night knowing that I would never accidentally see one of those without putting one under a microscope! |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Never seen or heard of Water bears, but it looks like the animal of avatar the last air bender (aang's pet). |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| heard of them before heard they can survive the places with extreme temperatures where most living things cant. they been sent into space and came back just fine. crazy things!!! |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| That is one creepy creature for sure! never new something like this exisited! |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| that is one scarey and creepy creature wow i never knew something that hidious could every exist in our world ! |
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greywolf14
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| they are creepy and weird. never want to see them ever again in my life . |
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