Tardigrades glow blue to protect selves from UV light

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The only real hunting I do anymore is Tardigrade hunting… Never found one.

Just about any typical home microscope will do… they stalk the mosses of the world.

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Or to travel through space faster… whichever…

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You don’t say…

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If Tardigrades have a specific spectral signature, could they be detected at great distances, like in remote galaxies?

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