community. The Tardigrade is an invertebrate that has eight legs and comes in many shapes and sizes. This group has many adaptations such as cryptobiosis that allows it to survive in extreme environments. The Tardigrade can be found from land, to water, to sulfur springs, and to over 25 species found in the frozen tundra of Antarctica (Miller et al, 2001). To understand these creatures this paper will summarize the taxonomy, reproduction, food, and protective genetics, of the Tardigrades. The first section
animals are called tardigrades, water bears or moss piglets. At first glance these creatures may not make a big impression considering their small stature and unimpressive frame. Soon we learn that although these creatures are funny to look at they can survive in any place in the world you can think of because of cryptobiosis. It is mainly dependent on moisture to survive. They can reproduce asexually and often time consume their habitat making them pretty self-reliable. Tardigrades meaning slow walker
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For over 250 years Tardigrades have fascinated and baffled Scientist with their resistances to extreme temperatures and intriguing regeneration properties. Tardigrades are microscopic blobby bodied entities more commonly known as water bears. They were made famous for their unique ability to survive in extreme conditions such as freezing colds and searing heats. They can withstand temperatures up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and withstand temperatures as low as -328 degrees Fahrenheit. Apart from being
and in the deepest places there is life so long there is liquid water in that environment. Take Water Bears for example (also known as tardigrades). These micro animals are reasonably the most tolerant organisms. Being able to withstand radiation, the bitter cold of absolute zero and the wrath of temperatures surpassing 300 degrees Fahrenheit (Parjan, "The Tardigrade"). This beast is capable of undergoing the same conditions that would utterly demolish a human. If these types of organisms can prosper
Fish which thrives in the deepest parts of the oceans under tons of pressure and lack of sunlight. Based on research, the most extreme species in the world is the Tardigrade, or so called waterbears. It is a microscopic creature that can survive temperatures ranging from -300 F to 300 F. The temperature on Mars is only -80 F. Tardigrades can even survive in space, so it’s quite possible that an extreme extraterrestrial organism has adapted to its environment and maybe is already living in our solar
The great debate over how the head segments of existing arthropods are aligned was largely dispelled in the late 1990s when the expression domains of Hox genes were first applied to the study of Arthropod evolution. The traditional concept that chelicerates had lost a deuto cerebral segment and that the chelicerae was innervated by the tritocerebrum was overturned when the anterior expression domain of labial, the anteriormost gene of the arthropod Hox cluster, was found to align the chelicerae with
people on earth lead themselves on to believe the possibility of extraterrestrial life, many microbiologist astronomers and zoologist have been focusing on the environments that creatures have adapted to in order to survive. Microorganisms such as tardigrade usually found in moss can live in temperatures that vary from -400 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and don’t require much water to live. Many scientist believe that these microorganisms have mastered living in environments on other planets in our solar
Many people believe that there has to be some type of life outside of earth because the universe is so large. The universe is infinite, there has to be some sort of life form out because it would be irrational to think that only earth place out there that has life on it .There has already has been species that were discovered living outside earth like bacteria’s and virus (Ebola) came from space. Life doesn’t have to be only humans but to anything living outside of earth whether it’s a planet, bacteria
Shapeshifting has a prominent role in lore and dates back to the oldest of tales. The Epic of Gilgamesh features Humbaba, a demon who guards the Cedar Forest. Humbaba appears to have changed forms while fighting Gilgamesh and Enkidu—during the fight, Gilgamesh cried, “My Friend, Humbaba’s face keeps changing!” Shapeshifting is also common in Greek and Roman mythology. Zeus, in his pursuit of women, shifted into a variety of shapes ranging from a swan to a shower of gold. Ovid’s Metamorphoses is essentially
The Earth is the lucky third planet from the Sun and the largest of the solar system’s four terrestrial planets. It is the most suitable place for human beings to live because it has adequate sources of everything essential for human beings. Predictions about the end of the world have been denied before. However many people predict that 2012 will be the end of our world. According to Mayan’s calendar, the world will end in the year 2012.Thus is why NASA as the organization that investigates on astronomy
BASICS The animal life in the pond may vary from time to time, it will also vary from pond to pond. But there are a few things about the animals in those ponds that will never change. These are the basics to survival. The man needs, food, water, and shelter; the pond animals are very similar in their needs. This section will emphasize the array of ways that aquatic pond animals breathe, swim, and survive. Breathing; in this category it would be within reason to say that fish are the masters of