water bear

Tardigrades (commonly known as water bears) comprise the phylum Tardigrada. They are small, segmented animals, similar and probably related to the arthropods. Tardigrades were first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773 (kleiner Wasserbär = little water bear). The name Tardigrada means "slow walker" and was given by Spallanzani in 1777. The biggest adults may reach a body length of 1.5 mm, the smallest below 0.1 mm. Freshly hatched larvae may be smaller than 0.05 mm.

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• water
• bear
• Tardigrade

[TimCovert]

The movie was shot at 100X and the digital field of view is one millimeter making my water bear about 350 to 400 microns long. Hope you liked it, Tim.

[pointeprincess302]

i found one of these in lab a couple weeks ago while i was looking for nostoc and i was like...WHAT IS THAT?!?! its kinda cute though =]

[SodaPopElectric]

sooo cute<3



[kingryux]

Amazing! I think I read somewhere that these little fellas can survive in a vacuum, talk about hardy!

[Tribble8100]

Fascinating creatures.

[Brina7996]

i seen it on galileo :D

i such it and found this i like it =)

and i think that it really looks like a bear ;)

[RyanatorML2000]

It looks as if he's on his side, desperately trying to put himself on his feet like a turtle on its shell.

[musgun]

At what magnification was this movie shot?