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Inspired by @[email protected]'s recent microscopy as a new hobby post.

Tardigrades known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They live in diverse regions of Earth's biosphere – mountaintops, the deep sea, tropical rainforests, and the Antarctic. Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known, with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other forms of life. Tardigrades have survived exposure to outer space.

And no, the image is not AI. It's a real and kinda famous photo of a common and beloved microscopic creature.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago

that's a dope ass moss piglet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago

but can they live in lava?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

They look like a hazmat suit

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago

A fun fact is they never need to be ironed.