Posted on 07/19/2023 1:18:41 AM PDT by zeestephen
These microscopic creatures can survive in the vacuum of space, inside a volcano, and in an Antarctic lake nearly a mile underground...So when an Israeli spacecraft carrying a horde of hibernating tardigrades crashed on the moon in April 2019 because of a computer glitch, scientists thought the animals would surely have survived...Scientists found these creatures couldn't survive speeds above 2,000 mph when shot out of a gun...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Oh, the tardgradity!
It looks like it’s flipping us off…
“The critters can withstand temperatures between minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius) and 304 degrees Fahrenheit (151 degrees Celsius) and pressure up to six times that of the deepest part of Earth’s oceans.
“They’re able to survive lethal radiation and temperatures because water bears, like their namesake, can enter a state of hibernation. Tardigrades can go without water and oxygen for long periods of time in a state of suspended animation called cryptobiosis, in which their bodies dry up and their metabolisms shut down. Place a dehydrated, hibernating tardigrade in water, and it regains its full function in a matter of hours.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/tardigrades-survive-being-shot-gun-2021-5
Here is the real article for those who aren’t supporting MSN and want to read the best version of the article at its source, and cut down on the clicking to finish it.
Who says scientists don’t have fun?
Any creature can survive 2,000 mph. It’s the acceleration getting to or from 2,000 mph that can cause difficulties.
Plus, the jerk.
Yup, and whether they’ll survive on Mars is also of interest.
Gentlemen...
Are you trolls - or, just poorly informed trolls?
MSN.com paid Insider for the right to publish their tardigrade story on MSN.com.
MSN.com is the #3 most visited English language news site in the world.
MSN.com has had no business relationship with MSNBC for at least 10 years.
Insider.com is a blatantly anti-Conservative and anti-Trump website.
What possible reason would three bona fide Freepers have for encouraging other Freepers to click on Insider.com?
See post 25, do you work for MSN, do you prefer to send freerepublic to them for every article and an inferior reading experience?
Microsoft builds a profile off of each article you read, especially while logged into a Microsoft product or site.
We should be limiting that, and, besides, MSN DID NOT AUTHOR ANY OF THE WORK. IT’S NOT THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER.
We always have to follow the original publisher in our threads. For instance, if MSN republishes an entire AP story, we are required by Jim to follow the posting rules for AP—not MSN.
Your thinking is wrong, on this, and ignores lawsuits Jim has had to deal with.
At least the “Scientists” are not making you eat them.
Yet....
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