Are Tardigrades Indestructible Alien Lifeforms? | RC004

What animal do you know that's has been:

• Shot out of guns
• Bathed in boiling-hot water
• Exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation
• Sent to space and crash-landed on the moon
• Has been Quantum entangled - And can go into cryptobiosis?

Well the Tardigrade can.

Tardigrades also known as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. American Tardigrade expert Mike Shaw, joins Chrissy Newton to break down what a Tardigrade is and how much these little buddies have endured in the name of science.

Join us, as we get rebelliously curious.

 

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