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Scientists are just starting to understand the tardigrade. It can survive boiling water, outer space, and extreme radiation. Following is a transcript of the video. This funny looking little guy ...

Tardigrades are one such creature, as you discover in the above video. They can endure boiling water, freezing cold, and even the vacuum of space by employing some very special survival strategies.

Genetic analyses of tardigrades has revealed some of the secrets of their incredible survival abilities. These tiny creatures, sometimes called water bears, can survive radiation, freezing ...

Dating back to the Cambian era, 530 million years ago, tardigrades are aquatic eight-legged micro-animals of less than a millimetre in length, typically 500 microns. They have most of the organs ...