water bears
Tiny indestructible creatures
Water bears are tardigrades—microscopic eight-legged animals famous for surviving extreme conditions.
They can endure radiation, vacuum, and temperatures from near absolute zero to boiling.
The name comes from their lumbering gait, which resembles a bear's walk.
Water bears have been found in deep ocean sediments and on mountaintops.
- tardigradeMicroscopic resilient eight-legged animal
- microfaunaMinute soil animals
- extremophilesOrganisms surviving extreme conditions
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
- microscopicToo small for eyes
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