Behold: the first recorded image of a tardigrade

Originally published at: Behold: the first recorded image of a tardigrade - Boing Boing

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water bear tardigrade GIF
Cute.

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It’s a shame that they didn’t feature more of those guys in the Ant Man movies.

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Contributed by Popkin

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I think it would also be worth mentioning what Goeze called it – der kleine Wasserbär. So the name water bear is actually the original, and the scientific name tardigrades came later. (I don’t know who made up moss piglets.)

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Sounds like a book by Janosch.

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