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Tardigrade (Water Bear)

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FondleMyNuts (1 month ago) Show Hide
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they are quite indestructable. they can survive harsh radiation, gamma rays from outer space, freezing, drying etc...

they can become inert ie pretty much die, then be brought back to life.

and yes, they have been proven to survive in space from experiments and there have been questions as to whether they do come from outer space, but we'll never know for sure.
PlanB765 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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it  looks so fuzzy.....i want one!!
23KtRiX23 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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LMFAO
ojideagu (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Your friend is an idiot. Nobody has even found bacteria anywhere in space yet.

They don't LIVE in space. NASA did a test and proved they can survive in the middle of open space for 10 days, with no oxygen or water and exposed to the sun. They shut down their body to survive.
AhlamSuxCock (2 months ago) Show Hide
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They look good. Do they taste like sea food?
jprithvi (2 months ago) Show Hide
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They can live in space for a short time and no they don't live in space. No Hydrocarbon based creature can survive the effects of solar radiation or background radiation of deep space. That level of radiation will destroy DNA not just mutate it.
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whats hydro carbon based
jprithvi (2 months ago) Show Hide
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lol...its the predominant elemental make up o fall life. Hydrogen and Carbon can combine for form chains and all sorts of combinations of molecules enables DNA to store vast amounts of information. I though 14 year olds would know what a hydrocarbons were lol
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What are their names? I'd call the big one Bruce. Unless it's a female. Then I'd call her Lulu.

So cute. So cuddly. So adorable.
So infinitely better qualified to run this country than 99.99% of all of its politicians ever.
DivinusAssassin (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I'm afraid your friend is correct, as described in an article at NewScientist. Recent studies have shown their resilience to exposure in space.

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