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Tardigrades: The Toughest Animals On The Planet

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Tardigrades: The Toughest Animals on the Planet

The Origin

For many years scientists have thought that Tardigrades were extraterrestrial beings, but their evolution paths can be traced back to organisms on Earth, 520 million years ago. This means that the Tardigrade has survived all of the mass extinction events, that is not an easy feat. Your adaptations have to be godly, your structure would have to be ideal, you would have to almost immortal...

Essential; For the Tardigrades

Humans and most mammals can only survive without water for less than 10 days, a Tardigrade, on the other hand, can survive many decades or past a century without water. They can not only survive without vital materials for a human’s lifespan, Tardigrades can survive the Earth’s more extreme temperatures. They can survive a few minutes at 304 degrees Fahrenheit and a few days at -328 degrees Fahrenheit. This is so unbelievable, expert William R. Miller has quoted “I can't say anything about the physics.” …show more content…

Radiation is one of the most potent mass killers, “You would be very, very lucky to walk away” from a dose of 5 grays, Sloan said. Tardigrades are almost guaranteed to survive 6000-7000 grays of radiation, this means that Tardigrades can survive even inside nuclear power plants. The Tardigrade’s resilience to radiation is one of the key defense systems it has and one of the essential reasons that is survived all of the mass extinction events.

The Most Resilient

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