and for something completely different…

tardigrade ‘A portrait of a tardigrade or waterbear, The animals consist of only a few hundred cells that are differentiated into muscles, digestive organs, reproductive organs, nerves, in many cases eyes.’

‘…tardigrades can withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, pressures about 6 times stronger than pressures found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a person, and the vacuum of outer space. They can go without food or water for more than 10 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce’   source

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15 Responses to and for something completely different…

  1. KG says:

    How long before some greenie lunatic claims they’re “endangered”?

  2. RossN says:

    They’ve certainly been well engineered. And the designer was …?

  3. missred says:

    hopefully they can consume cockroaches :cool:

  4. Tom says:

    More intelligent than your average politition?

  5. Tom says:

    Yeah i know “politician” duh.

  6. KG says:

    We don’t care about typos around here, Tom. :grin: The meaning is what matters.
    They probably have more integrity than the average politician, too.
    (tardigrades, that is, not typos.)

  7. Col. Bunny says:

    They are excellent in stir fry or as snack with salsa.

  8. Seneca III says:

    …”The animals consist of only a few hundred cells that are differentiated into muscles, digestive organs, reproductive organs, nerves, in many cases eyes.”

    Hmmmhttp://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_scratch.gif Could they they be talking about another primitive species? Possibly, but only if the phrase ‘a few hundred does not apply to neurones. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_cool.gif

  9. HarvardPotatoHead says:

    !!!!!HolyFork!!! BlackBerry has tweeted Yours Very Truly to state to our fellow US Persons down there in our 56-57th Steaks that HE DID NOT, as widely trending in the media, repeat: THAT HE DID NOT COMMENT THAT THIS CUTE THING COULD BE HIS SON!!!NO NO NO!!!However he admits to saying the thing appears 2B a twin to his lovely Diplomatic Pouch, either her or Al Sharpton BlackBerry issues also an Executive Order preventin on pain of death ANY DAMN comparison of tardigrades, the image above, or any subsequent similaular statements re the teeth and/or oval oral intake holes* such as that emanating from this creature. U get that??Well YVt is just passing it on. Thank You!!!

    *BlackBerry additionally questions whether the exit hole is an identical twin of the entrance hole PLUS how many neutrinos generally pass through BB, Jr. per second.

  10. Contempt says:

    :shock: Looks as if Harvard may be on to something, perhaps tension between heseff and Diplomatic Pouch, just a guess.

    I still recommend small donations to the outspoken elected speaking on the side of sanity. They are bearing the burden, for now. for the many of us. Things will get worse before they get better no doubt about it. Here in South Carolina there remains a memory of the Lost Cause, also known as Yankees beating the shit out of us. Let the God Damn America pawns fire the first shot – that shot will be a loud one. Yankee: one who tells you what to do but does not do it himself.

  11. Mathew says:

    That is so cool.

    • KG says:

      Isn’t it, Mathew? :grin: I don’t see how anybody can ever be bored, surrounded by amazing things like this.
      And the best thing is, as we unravel a mystery it reveals more mysteries, more miracles.
      I think the process of getting old simply teaches us how little we really know.