Where can you find tardigrades!There are many ways to find Tardigrade, we will go over the easiest. Tardigrade are most commonly found on moss and lichen I will tell you how to collect and look at them for your self.
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.html Tardigrade are the first animal to survive in the perfect vacuum of space.
What are tardigrades?Tardigrades are clasified by biologist as a phylum. Phylum are a grouping organism. The minimal requirement is that all organisms in a phylum should be related closely enough for them to be clearly more closely related to one another than to any other group.
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Who named them "tardigrade" and why?Originally named kleiner Wasserbär meaning "little water bear" by the German pastor J.A.E. Goezey in 1773. Then renamed three years later by biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani (as seen to the left) Tradigrada meaning "slow stepper"
"Strange is this little animal, because of its exceptional and strange morphology and because it closely resembles a bear en miniature. That is the reason why I decided to call it little water bear." - J.A.E. Goeze (Pastor at St. Blasii, Quedlinburg, Germany), 1773 How do tardigrades survive such extreme circumstances?Tardigrades have adapted to environmental hardships by going through a process called cryptobiosis. Cryptobiosis is defined as a state in which metabolism comes to a reversible standstill. It is not far from being dead; most organisms die by a interruption of metabolism. There are Seven types of cryptobiosis that exist, These are the most common:
Tardigrade can also survive:
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