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September 1, 2021 04:40 pm GMT
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Astonishing videos of a microscopic tardigrade going for a walk
Tardigrades, aka "water bears," are .02-inch-long animals that live throughout Earth's biospheres, from below solid Antarctic ice to deep ocean trenches and rainforests. Most animals of that size are legless and wiggle and slither to get around. Not tardigrades though. New research by Rockefeller University scientist Jasmine Nirody and colleagues reveals the physics of how these cute creatures lumber and sometimes even run around on stubby legs like insects that are 500,000 times larger. — Read the rest
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