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1 posted on 05/21/2023 12:31:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/21/2023 12:31:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Maybe, if someday they discover life on an exoplanet, the most advanced life form will be the local version of a tardigrade.


4 posted on 05/21/2023 12:59:08 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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What an amazing creature. Long after we’ve gone from this planet, they’ll still be here.


8 posted on 05/21/2023 2:06:00 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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https://a-z-animals.com/blog/what-do-tardigrades-eat/
Tardigrades have been known to eat the following foods:

Algae
Moss
Flowering plants
Other plant matter
Bacteria
Rotifers
Other tardigrades
Other microorganisms

Tardigrades have a digestive system, but not a respiratory or circulatory system. They are capable of eating microorganisms and digesting them, but they thrive on liquid substances- this is also where they get their oxygen.

(More at link)


10 posted on 05/21/2023 6:33:17 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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13 posted on 05/22/2023 10:39:33 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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