I, for one, welcome our tardigrade overlords.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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If there’s one multicellular organism that will survive the nuclear holocaust or the complete destruction of the ozone layer, it is the tardigrade, or water bear. They can curl up into a ball and survive being in a vacuum, -200* C, and 1000x the radiation dose that would kill a person, among other things. more info
I, for one, bow down to our tardigrade overlords, who will probably be swimming around in pond scum long after humans have vanished from the earth.

I’d also like to work in the lab that sits around all day thinking of ways to kill them. I think I’d try sodium hydroxide next – do you suppose they could survive in drain cleaner?

Rather mundane and pointless, but that’s my zoology fact for the day.

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Now how am I going to work this new word casually into a conversation? :slight_smile:

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No, horsetech, you want to be thinking up ways to make friends with them, and put in a good word for the rest of us while you’re at it.

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Ah, OK, I spy on the scientists trying to off them and warn the critters ahead of time. I got it.

Celyn, there has to be some sort of crude pun in the name tardigrade. I’m not sure that will help you, though.

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Depends, are you a teacher of Special Needs students?

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Something involving Doctor Who, perhaps? :slight_smile:

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Oh dear. I was either too lazy or reluctant to look stupid to post about the Tardis, but it WAS my first thought, I admit. :slight_smile:

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Since it looks kinda like a larval cthulhu, I think I endorse that approach.