The Insane Biology of: The Tardigrade

[@realscience]

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[@Digitalhunny]

In lichen? My kid has a microscope... you got me wondering, hmmmm? 😂

[@davidkiss6624]

@realscience The Maxwell demon thought experiment inspired my idea that the homeostasis of extremophile life forms, such as the tardigrade, locally reduces entropy! If this can be proven, then a new research method will be born, with which we can detect orders of magnitude more life forms in the cosmos, even on celestial bodies with solvents other than water, what do you think?

[@markojotic]

Bad conversions bother me: 300 F is a rounded number converted to Celsius it's about 149. Logically this should have been rounded to 150 for simplicity's sake, just like the 300.

[@jacobkrueger1022]

what is your tattoo about? I saw like 3 figures on your arm and one looked like maybe a pig? lol

[@realscience]

@@jacobkrueger1022 a javelina, an ocotillo, and a roadrunner :)

[@P2Z_ColdBeans]

"dehydrated nugget state" sounds like me waking up in the middle of the night trying to find my water bottle

[@BaconTayto]

😂😂

[@acmelka]

Dehydrated nugget state sounds like a condition of the lower gastro intestinal tract

[@dmimz7691]

I luv this stuff. It’s why. I’m on KZbin

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

I laughed way too much at this... Because you are so true wth this comment LMFAO

[@zeebest1004]

Or me trying to find my piss jar…

[@rajatgupta9713]

In astrobiology we study that tardigrades play an important role in ecology. They act as pioneer species when a ecosystem is no longer able to survive on its own due to stress conditions such as heat, draught etc. When conditions become favorable again, tardigrades help revive the entire ecosystem.

[@DS.proudkiwi]

Ok so what happens to the stuff living on our skin when people go to space, I know they do everything possible to not take contamination when they go to space but wouldn't getting rid of all the stuff living on us could be detrimental to our health.

[@Minsajang]

​@DS.proudkiwi Not all skin microbiome will be removed as humans sweat and have places (armpits, belly button) that tend to collect and allow more growth for bacteria. Yes, it would be detrimental as skin conditions could arise such as eczema. I don't believe they would be able to remove all skin microbiome on astrounauts and NASA probably wouldn't want to as it is beneficial. I'm a nurse so can only answer partially.

[@josdelijster4505]

Wow thank you orr that info where can i find a study

[@OhDelta9]

@@josdelijster4505 google

[@langustajableczna]

@@josdelijster4505 pubmed, like anything else. You just look up tardigrades astrobiology. Be curious about the world at least a little bit

[@tournesol99]

I do find it funny that Tardigrades are theoretically very good at surviving conditions that they’ll never once encounter across millions of generations. And simultaneously are part of the diet of snails. Incredible.

[@jordantylerflores]

Lol, right? The absurd dichotomy of life. Although we don't that they haven't already conquered the universe.

[@trevawho]

Ha. Like water? EZ. No water? Not a problem, we got an evolution for that. These guys found fire? Well we got and evolution for that too. Nothing to eat? evolve. Ice? Evolved. Space? evolved... hold the phone.. how these MFer get to space?...

[@thesjkexperience]

Like they can/could have survived primitive Earth, and arrived too late 😂

[@wiewioragaming5726]

how do you know what they have encountered across their evolution?

[@wiewioragaming5726]

@@trevawho probably traveled in space-borne ice chunks that we know as comets

[@SingularisFox]

I certainly didn't expect an animal to ever be called a "Bubulubus", but I'm sure as hell glad there is one. This is hilarious.

[@earthian3658]

I never thought I would hear a human named "General Maximus Axel Booty" yet, here we are.....

[@dottormaelstrom]

Damn, all those different tardigrade drawings and animations, they are so many that after a while I just started taking them for granted but I bet they took a long time. Love the dedication! The production quality is amazing!

[@FluidKaos]

They reminded me of Pokémon. Like little wiggly monsters read to fight.😊

[@FLScrabbler]

​@@FluidKaosGotta catch em all..! 😂

[@megabigblur]

It's crazy how small the marine tardigrades are. For perspective, human lymphocytes (white blood cells) are about 7 microns long. So an entire animal with a little brain and organs and feetsies and those weird antenna things is about the size of 14 lymphocytes lined up.

[@drdesten]

A macrophage is even bigger, at 21 microns. A couple of them would probably finish that tardigrade if ever got into us.

[@blammela]

Feetsies ❤

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

Imagine those feetsies scaled to the size of a dog or elephant. Clawesome

[@themiddleman3060]

​@@drdesten film this theoretical battle youre so confident of.

[@littlefrogyboy1]

Fun fact: If a Tardigrade walked in a straight line its whole life it could cover approximately 19 Km (11.8 mi). Scaling that up to human size that would be like us walking around earth's circumference 1.5 times. However, the average human will walk the equivalent distance of about 4 times earth's circumference in their life. Therefore humans on average walk 2 times farther in their life than tardigrades do when comparing their distance travelled to body length.

[@woceht]

But humans don't have to walk through honey

[@CBe-ot8vu]

You dont walk you probably roll 😂😂. Mericans

[@flashgordon3715]

🏁

[@jaylewis9876]

I suspect early humans occasionally had explorers who traveled half the world but didn’t record journeys in stone so no record survived

[@alexandermukai7724]

@@littlefrogyboy1 you scale up them stumpy little legs and see how far you’d get on them 😸

[@treytakara9438]

The r-opsins in the eggs is for light-dependent developmental regulation. Certain wavelengths of light trigger different gene expression patterns and is, at least partially, responsible for those various morphs of the tardigrade body you detailed in this video. This was a fairly recent discovery though so I understand why this video said no one knew why the r-opsins were in the egg actively, but not active in the hatched tardigrade.

[@gabrielkempe7647]

Sounds interesting. Do you know the authors or title of the paper?

[@keepdancingmaria]

Wow.

[@maxiliarydendrite8926]

@@gabrielkempe7647Dr. Tart Egrade

[@tiredhooman9847]

​@@maxiliarydendrite8926 lol

[@NewMessage]

'Bubulubus' is the best word I've ever heard pronounced. Bar none.

[@pauls5745]

Bubu is my favorite tardigrade!!

[@LeoStaley]

I laughed every time she said it.

[@markiangooley]

Abdul “the bulbul” Amir!

[@j_117]

It's my band name

[@Q2SA]

I was in a class with the professor (Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen) who first discovered A. bubulubus. Bubulubus was named after the sounds one of his grandchildren frequently made

[@tb6303]

That was fascinating! I've watched several videos about tardigrades in the last two days, and yours is the best. It is the most informative, no 12-year-old-type jokes about the creature's bodily functions, has drawings that make things clear, and has a ton of footage of the cute little water bears. Subscribed.

[@hughjass1976]

"You can see his little feetsies!" #1 reason Tardigrades are cool

[@esra_erimez]

19:55 I thought the same exact thing my self!

[@loriki8766]

It legit startled me when you said that because I was thinking it at the exact same time you said it!

[@aracoixo3288]

Feeces*

[@hughjass1976]

@aracoixo3288 No, she said feetsies The word you were attempting to spell is faeces, and it isn't the word she said.

[@aracoixo3288]

@@hughjass1976 💩

[@francisbalfour1243]

Not having cell devision could be a factor in them being relatively unchanged over the millions of years. Less reproduction = less chances for mutations (evolution) to occur.

[@Fig_Bender]

Millions of years without much evolutionary change is incredible. You may not like it, but this is what the peak body looks like.

[@francisbalfour1243]

@Fig_Bender never knew I had the peak body, thankyou

[@pranilpanda6789]

I’ve never heard of marine tardigrades before, so learning about them here is so cool!

[@realscience]

I didn't know about them either before making this!

[@kappy123]

“My dream is to cut the tail off, then see how fast they fall to the bottom.” -laughs like a maniac

[@p5eudo883]

Yeah, he went into psychopath territory there.

[@shanegreen9511]

We'll be keeping an eye on him. We are the tartigrades, we have spoken

[@bonnersommer7201]

Exactly my thoughts, weirdo tailcutting wishes ...

[@JEY-cq8uo]

I actually stopped the video. I want to watch the rest, but I am disappointed they included that. They may be tiny, but cruelty is cruelty! Very upsetting to include animal experimentation commentary (even if it’s not an animal - or creature we fully understand)

[@writerinrwanda]

Yeah, that was creepy AF.

[@JimCorrigan777]

The idea that tardigrades could've possibly seeded earth by hitching a ride on an asteroid is a very exciting prospect, even if it's unlikely.

[@_caracalla_]

everybody gangsta until tardi-bears hit the tribal stage.

[@RaVen99991]

​@@_caracalla_all fun and games till we figure out they secretly control the universe and have colonized everything

[@pauls5745]

Reverse may also be true. Asteroid hits Earth, debris containing tardigrades is flung out into space.

[@GudaGudaPaisen]

imagine the water bears are just waiting to be hit by the correct radiation for them to evolved into gigantic forms.

[@stijill]

This is the "panspermia" hypothesis which bothers me. If life was transported to Earth from elsewhere, it raises the question of where and how life originated in the first place. Panspermia doesn't address the origin of life, only its potential spread. So the "hitching a ride" thing is fascinating, but the "seeding earth" part...

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

I watched early Dr Who again by searching the web and by the way 12 years ago I came across Tardigrades. Another case where science is better than fiction.

[@markmuller7962]

All these facts are so fascinating, a very unique mini-animal and this documentary is very well done and amazing!

[@lcgmilllz3514]

“I don’t see shit” and “what was that?fuck” alone will have me subscribing forever. Also I love science

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

I love how it's immediately preceded by the expert saying "I always find tardigrades in New England!" 😂

[@Musicswagg86]

Are we sure the tardigrade in amber is actually dead?🤔

[@artawhirler]

A tardigrade is never dead! 😅

[@RooZvonBooZ]

👀

[@Musicswagg86]

@@artawhirler lol facts

[@raeperonneau4941]

Good question.

[@Cat-tastrophee]

Only one way to find out! 🔨

[@crc.agoodguy]

I like the fact that betty her dog is going to help find the tardigrades. I'd love such a fine assistant in my life.👍

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Good to know that long after I am gone, these little guys will still be running the Earth

[@randallbesch2424]

No one runs the Earth just lives on it.

[@shizueleighhicks6174]

Me, too. They’re adorable❤

[@diomedesabcmnxyz7299]

~ Tardigrades have learned thru very ancient evolution to walk by using kinesins. Kinesins are microtubule-based motor proteins that are involved in cargo transport and mitosis. They are called "motors" because they convert chemical energy to mechanical energy (i.e. force and motion). They use the energy of ATP hydrolysis for their enzymatic processes by walking on microtubules. Thus they have also used kinesins for the evolutionary advantage of survival in extreme conditions. If it doesn't work for survival in chemical mode then it will work for survival in mechanical mode.

[@rooster7996]

What awesome little creatures. Tardigrades remind me of tiny manatees. The narrator’s voice is such a pleasure to listen to.

[@randallbesch2424]

I wonder what would happen if they increased size to a dog or bear?

[@randolphvictorconstantine7765]

I love immortal microscopic space bears.

[@devinmd_2]

Came home from work and yelled out of excitement!!! I love how in depth and comprehensive these videos are and look forward to EVERY VIDEO THAT DROPS!

[@theresemalmberg955]

"The Microbe is so very small/You cannot make him out at all/But many sanguine people hope/To see him through a microscope./ His jointed tongue which lies beneath/A hundred curious rows of teeth;/His seven tufted tails with lots/Of lovely pink and purple spots,/On each of which a pattern stands,/Composed of forty separate bands;/His eyebrows of a tender green,/All these have never yet been seen--/But Scientists, who ought to knowAssume us that they must be so . . ./Oh! let us never, never doubt/What nobody is sure about." Hillaire Belloc, "More Beasts for Worse Children" 1898.

[@Kevan808]

2:45 your dog knows exactly where they're at 😂

[@privateerburrows]

For all we know, tardigrades may already be colonizing the Moon., as we speak Artemis crews may have to bring English-Tardigrade translators. Great video!

[@jacobkrueger1022]

looking at the lineup of Tardigrades is like looking at the first stage of all the Spore creatures I've made over the years

[@BrennanYoung]

I always thought the Spore game spent too little dev effort on the micro world. Players are heavily nudged towards macro, and that's a missed opportunity.

[@certuv]

What a science to study this, I am to old ,83, but grandchildren should take it further. Many discoveries will come from it. Thank you for posting

[@benzionrakow7819]

You're my favorite biology teacher

[@BRUH-ne2zf]

Tardigrades are like what if someone thought up a fictional but still believable ground animal and made it microscopic. These little guys have eyes,legs,claws and teeth(stylus). WOW

[@dylangreen6075]

Banger! My favorite of the year by a wide margin. Thank you so much!

[@NathanJayMusic]

I fell sleep to this and had a great dream about a pet tardigrade. Makes no sense now I'm awake.

[@monkeywrench1951]

I thought tardigrades just swam in puddles, did’t know that at their scale they could actually walk.

[@YochevedDesigns]

I can imagine them going "Ehg, meh, ehg, meh" as they walk, like chubby little old men (or like Cartman from Southpark.)

[@Lauracastro516]

My favourite biology channel making a video of my favourite animal, what a delight!

[@alexanderimmortal4354]

Been waiting a long time for this unstoppable boi

[@Q2SA]

I was in a class with the professor (Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen) who first discovered A. bubulubus. Bubulubus was named after the sounds one of his grandchildren frequently made

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

Was the grandchild asking for the Mexican candy of the same name?

[@BwooHuraca]

Thanks. Saved me from Googling it because the name was so silly.

[@bencranmer3747]

I have a tardigrade tattooed on my hand. I love them so much. Thank you for doing a video on them ❤❤❤

[@realscience]

I thought about getting a tardigrade tattoo after making this video!

[@bencranmer3747]

@@realscience do it!! :) so many people ask me about it haha or they know what it is and get excited with me. Love your videos so much - thank you for the work you put into them 🙏

[@markawbolton]

Was the scale 1:1 ?

[@RaVen99991]

​@markawbolton haha I don't think we have tattoo needles that small

[@R_V_]

A tattoo ? What a weird idea.

[@robertboeckmann1111]

Thank you for this post. I’ve learned a lot of really basic things (like I did not know there was more than one type of tardigrades) and even more advanced details. Well researched, presented, and produced. Keep up the good work!

[@xm8553]

The tardigrades look like Pokémon. I wonder if they took any inspiration from tardigrades? It’s crazy how different the different types look from each other

[@jonathannetherton6727]

Satoshi Tajiri started Pokémon to share his love of insect collecting with the world. Close enough.

[@matthewmartin1852]

They remind me of Sky Bison's from Avatar

[@paulbartels9358]

Hi Lorraine & Steph…finally watched this episode. GREAT JOB! This is hands down the best story about tardigrades I’ve ever seen and the only one that has dealt with marine tardigrades. Great detail, great graphics. Very impressive! Take a bow! -Paul Bartels

[@mkbrln]

For a moment there I was expecting you to announce that millions of years old tardigrades were revived out of ancient resin. There must be limits, I guess

[@erictaylor5462]

28:30 A local night club owner seriously injured several dozen people after his black lights failed and he replaced the lamps with lamps designed to sanitize stuff. Several dozen people suffered 2ned and 3rd degree burns and some even had their vision damaged.

[@desmond-hawkins]

This has happened countless times, a recent event that got lots of press about this issue was the *ApeFest* "crypto party" in Hong Kong in late 2023 - apparently people still buy into this Bored Apes scam. Many people came out of this event with burns, some waking up with burning eyes hours after the event. The event manager had installed some bulbs made for tanning beds and used them as UV lights… yes it was really this simple and easy to avoid.

[@TYPHON2713]

I love your content! The production and editing are top notch. And you do a great job researching and explaining. Keep up the good work 🎉😊

[@idegteke]

We have 3 tardigrades at home: Norris, Benji and Jack! They are friendlier than you would think…

[@lubue5795]

5:20 another dent in the scientific and paleontological accuracy of Jurassic Park.

[@blahthebiste7924]

Pretty much the most important one

[@jamesengland7461]

It's a movie series...

[@nogoodgod4915]

​@@jamesengland7461 Really? I think most people assume it's a documentary.

[@lubue5795]

@@jamesengland7461 Yes it is. I am aware of that and merely enjoy to pick it apart. That's also a good learning exercise. That it has inaccuracies doesn't at all mean you can't enjoy it or that it's a bad movie.

[@rjims2456]

I'm pretty sure in the movie they said they completed the damaged DNA with toad and lizard ones. (this means what they made are not dinosaurs)

[@DAVIDPETERS12C]

Tardigrades are tiny velvet worms, which are terrestrial lobopods, derived from Anomalocaris a large Cambrian swimmer.

[@landspide]

I remember this from Attenborough

[@randallbesch2424]

A monster shrimp large compared to what it ate.

[@robtaylor1444]

Oh this is good facts

[@thinkbolt]

"Predatory Tardigrades??" Did you say "Predatory Tardigrades????"

[@Gamerock82]

Some of those tardigrades look like tiny axolotls. Perhaps their sticky-out thingies are like gills? This was fascinating and quite thorough. Thanks for sharing.

[@GeoffryGifari]

Wait if tardigrades don't change the number of their cells, does that mean their cells don't undergo apoptosis?

[@GeoffryGifari]

What if some cells were damaged?

[@graphite1808]

@@GeoffryGifarithey may have a limit in quantity but are able to manage it? I think? Like, the cells suffer apoptosis but is replaced right away with no time gap?

[@alanmckinnon6791]

Oh, hello there narrator of KZbin channel Real Science, so that's what you look like! I'd gotten so used to hearing you and not seeing you that a face was a pleasant surprise. It's not a problem though, I grew up in a time when the radio was very popular and we'd listen to all kinds of shows and have to fill in the visual with imagination. And tardigrades are awesome!

[@nickcunningham6344]

I've waited for this video for so long!! I've always found tardigrades fascinating, and even more so now

[@AlfredKriman]

Thanks for the background noise; that's just the icing on the cake, especially when you're listening to speech.

[@lknanml]

"Or a micro horse I guess" That busted me up for some reason. LOL Good mini doc!

[@devilsadvocate1597]

When the Tardigrade colony landed on this planet and named it Earth, they realised they needed to have long lifespans for thier experiments. The first experiment was to create plants and to study what would happen to them. This was followed by insect, dinosaur and mammal experiments. So remember, wherever you are, there are tens of thousands of Tardigrades observing and taking notes on you! 👀👀👀

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

Why is something that adorable so small?

[@Microtonal_Cats]

19:43 "My first Tardigrade!" I remember the first one I saw under my microscope. Was a very "Watson! Come here I need you!" Of course I ordered them through the mail rather than finding them. But...I released them into the small stream behind our farm, as they are basically the opposite of invasive. I'll look in Spring to see if they're flourishing.

[@PaulsPubAndBrew]

Missed opportunity: "Rotifers of similar sizes or R.O.S.S.s" 😅

[@AGDinCA]

So many times I've been looking at a sample under the scope, get excited when I see movement under the debris, only to feel overwhelmingly disappointed when a rotifer would inch its way out of said debris and, sadly, take up space in my eyepieces.

[@psychedelicdreamer986]

They may not be the most extreme, but they're pioneers and they can adapt to more of an all-round environment. I think that's even cooler than living in an ice core! 🐛

[@rylandvincent6787]

Micro-bear for the win! Love these funky little dudes.

[@paradoxikz7324]

Absolutely flawless transition into the plug. Well done!

[@realscience]

I try lol

[@ahamedkhan232]

The fact you found one for this video made this so much more spectacular.

[@frankmacleod2565]

14:10 what an unfortunate name. That poor tardigrade must have been teased a lot as a youngster in school. Tanarctus bubulubus.

[@garbagedaycleveland]

But.. its bulbasuar!!

[@watrgrl2]

I adore Waterbears! We collected moss in my college biology class and found them to look at them under the microscope. That was back in 1981.

[@The.Real.Indiana]

Love your channel. I fantasize about making a "real geology" sister channel..

[@raccoonchild]

I need that in my life.

[@EiferBrennan]

Make the channel. Don't dream about it. Do it.

[@williesnyder2899]

My late great tattoo artist and friend was very fond of trilobites! He put one on me in a scene of life in the time of dinosaurs and giant ferns. I like to think that some few people in my life are also “immortal,” at least as long as I’m alive to remember with fondness!

[@ozachar]

Just 40,000 cells, with neural system, legs, laying eggs, etc.... Incredibile

[@billmartovich9009]

Great video! And a fellow Connecticut resident!!!

[@The.Real.Indiana]

Also: you should collab with Ze Frank's True Facts videos

[@lelikbolek1362]

I’m going crazy when I have discovered for first time this little “aliens” and still do-they’re,probably,the most amazing living creatures I’ve ever seen.

[@justbeinghonest5670]

Amazing video once again!!

[@hamster_knight]

This video is so insightful! I love how clearly everything is explained-makes it so easy to follow along. Great job!

[@djayjp]

Plot twist: they already did colonize outer space. We're their extraterrestrial descendants.

[@audrei679]

the biggest intrigue for me is their legs. it's just so alien to me that something so small, primitive, and foundational would have six legs. Even though a majority of life on earth does have six and even eight legs---it feels so weird when it comes to tardigrades.

[@aaryansingh4816]

You deserve millions of views 🥺

[@johnsteiner3417]

_"little feetsies"_ is a phrase that's going to stick in my head now.

[@Kevin-oj2uo]

You really make science interesting!

[@Viktorious13]

This is the most thorough information about Tardigrades that I've found. Thank you for sharing this fascinating and well produced content!

[@ct2530]

"So in 2007, scientists did the natural thing, aand yeeted em up there"

[@basslinestudiosband277]

When I first saw tardigrade, I kinda thought they could’ve been some of the start of microbiology. I was always intrigued by them as the thunder rains down outside. I’m still searching for answers, even though I’m very young. No reason not to start. I watched a few videos and this is by far, the most educational I had a lot of fun watching it. And I love to see what Moore comes out in the next 3 to 5 years. I always did think that they had evolved into a certain genius, which I thought would be extremely rare so maybe when I have the time I’ll get a microscope and grab some moss and start looking. Thanks so much for this video. I loved it.

[@jorgerangel2390]

Super interesting, thanks!

[@GetMoGaming]

That is INSANE - theres a super miniature world of predator and prey; a microscopic ecosystem!!! Wow. I never thought it would be that similar to the macroscopic world. Makes me wonder about the limits of ability vs size. Fascinating!.

[@thekingofbohemia1]

500 million years from now tardigrades will be racing cockroaches and ants in Teslas.

[@neuesachlichkeit6919]

Wow, instead of just reciting what you were told about them and using stock footage (not knocking that as a start mind!) you were like: NOPE I'ma go find one. I respect that so much. SUBBED. LOVE your open mind about this.

[@ethanliu7148]

REHYDRATE!!! Someone will get this reference

[@johnandrheyabordo644]

The 3 Body Problem👌🏼

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

And here I thought it was the motto for the company KamelSuorce. (Jk ofc, gentlepersons got the reference.)

[@challacustica9049]

​@@Talenelwe did learn they are small and bug like, so it's not implausible

[@lightsleeper.]

can you please tell me what kind of microscope youre using? ive wanted a microscope with a camera for so long but dont know where to start

[@realscience]

AmScope - 40X-2500X LED Digital Binocular Compound Microscope with 3D Stage + 5MP USB Camera

[@lightsleeper.]

@@realscience thank you so much

[@AifDaimon]

They're just amazing creatures nonetheless.. For something so tiny, they're extremely hardy.. If we could have those specific genes added to our genomes, imagine the possibilities

[@aromalrays6530]

Me: Watches Video. Me: Goes out and grabs a handful of moss.

[@lililalalololele]

I'm so happy you did a tardigrade video!

[@lincolnyaco5626]

Excellent document! Detail and precision. Well researched and organized--a pleasure to watch. The multiple hooks on their feet remind me of VECRO. I've only known about the li'l "water bears" for 2 yrs, now. I learned things that are new to me, which is a delight. Thank you for producing this and offering it.

[@A_rather_strange_mario_fan]

Very early. I don’t even watch this channel but cool.

[@anicoleww]

Weird

[@abdullahboos6518]

Me 2 the algorithms are weird

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I like tardigrade butts and i can not lie. "Tardigrade Got Back" (Verse 1) Yo, check out that tardigrade, she got a mighty rear Microscopic but mighty, that's crystal clear She can survive in space, in ice, and even fire But her back is what'll make you desire (Chorus) Tardigrade got back, that's a fact Can withstand extreme conditions, that's a fact She's tough as nails, from head to toe And her back is the place where I wanna go (Verse 2) She's got a cryptobiotic charm, that's true Can dehydrate herself and still come through With her eight legs and her tiny frame She's a wonder of nature, that's the same (Chorus) Tardigrade got back, that's a fact Can withstand extreme conditions, that's a fact She's tough as nails, from head to toe And her back is the place where I wanna go (Bridge) Some might say it's a little strange To admire a tardigrade's derriere But I'm here to tell you, it's a sight to see A microscopic marvel, just for me (Chorus) Tardigrade got back, that's a fact Can withstand extreme conditions, that's a fact She's tough as nails, from head to toe And her back is the place where I wanna go

[@VaracolacidVesci]

I've always been a fan of tardigrades and fan of you, niw I am even more fan of both.

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

9:13 I feel like always having 3 feet on the ground is going to be more about sticking to surfaces than it is about walking over them. Because invertebrates don’t always walk on the ground.

[@frankcalabrese7074]

Great job on the video!!! Neil Degrass Tyson brought me here.

[@mgnishibuya1]

this is the only channel which doesn't willing to break any ground at all

[@Dogtroll]

It's possible that the tardigrades ability to survive temperatures as low as near absolute zero could be evidence that they came from somewhere else in the universe. I mean think about it, there is just no real reason why any animal whose entire origin was located on a terrestrial planet like earth would ever be exposed to conditions necessary to develop the adaptations necessary to survive in such a harsh environment. They may even be the first organisms that ever existed on the earth.

[@seper159]

Haven't u watched the video? They CAN'T survive in space without being shielded from radiation

[@martondobay]

Great animations and overall presentation!