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RE: [TIL] The Invincible Water Bears and How They Will Help Get Us To Mars --
Tardigrades are quite fascinating little creatures! Pretty impressive that they can survive when there is almost no molecular motion (you listed -272 celcius.. so 1 Kelvin... pretty nuts!)
Yup 1 Kelvin , for a few minutes @justtryme90 and a few days at minus -200 Celsius.
That's just amazing to me.
And 30 years at - 20 Celsius ! And some of their species can survive 6x's the pressure found in the deepest ocean trenches @justtryme90 .
I wonder what the evolutionary stimulus was to develop these characteristics.
My theory is that being so small makes them very vulnerable and susceptible to many things in the environment from climate, radiation, toxins and other factors. For example, a drop from boiling water won't kill you or I, but will kill an ant.
My simple 2 cents anyway.