And water bear it is

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I am an evolutionary biologist specializing in genome size evolution at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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Ellen Cambridge, UK	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Feb 1, 2008 These things are soooo cute! Movies & photos... http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/
Cash “Got Science?” Since: Apr 07 2,233 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Feb 1, 2008 Call it random evolution, Act of God, or whatever tickles your fancy, this is the coolest thing I will see today.
Lise Yates “R.I.P Uncle Bernie” Since: Oct 07 1,559 Plano, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Feb 1, 2008 HOW CUTE! Who knew amoeba-like creatures could be adorable? Check out the moving image of a water bear walking. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag....
Mountain Meg Denver, CO	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Feb 2, 2008 Way cool ! Something nice worth sharing :)
ShadenGheist “Perp Walk Obama,Reid & Pelosi!” Since: Apr 07 1,542 Central California	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Feb 2, 2008 Saw this on "Animal Planet" the show I think is called "The Most Extreme" or something. Apparently, these things can live in the vacuum of Space as well. Maybe they came from outer space, riding on Comets, and we are their Descendants. LOL
Lise Yates “R.I.P Uncle Bernie” Since: Oct 07 1,559 Mesquite, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Feb 2, 2008 ShadenGheist wrote: Saw this on "Animal Planet" the show I think is called "The Most Extreme" or something. Apparently, these things can live in the vacuum of Space as well. Maybe they came from outer space, riding on Comets, and we are their Descendants. LOL We laugh at it now but you never know.
Thomas jefferson Port Saint Lucie, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Feb 2, 2008 I want one! What do they eat? Can you walk them on a leash?
Otra Tequila Pahrump, NV	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Feb 2, 2008 It is incredible where the study of gnomes has taken us.

lalalulu “Serenity...” Since: Oct 07 32,066 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 Feb 2, 2008 Size, apparently, does NOT matter! :)
TrilbyKat “Women (and cats) of WoW unite!” Since: Jul 07 2,330 San Diego, but now: The Woods	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Feb 2, 2008 Ellen wrote: These things are soooo cute! Movies & photos... http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/ They are really adorable. I want there to be a stuffed animal of one. http://www.giantmicrobes.com/
saviorself San Diego, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Feb 2, 2008 these are neat. we should send some on a rover and drop them into one of the polar ice caps on mars to see what happens.
lalalulu “Serenity...” Since: Oct 07 32,066 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Feb 3, 2008 saviorself wrote: these are neat. we should send some on a rover and drop them into one of the polar ice caps on mars to see what happens. Maybe they are already there... oooooOOOOOOoooooo !!
DC tells it like it is “My Bad! Just hold me. ” Since: Aug 07 14,783 Orion's Belt	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 Feb 3, 2008 Awesome! And very cute. Extremely interesting.
darkstar4d Since: Jan 08 204 Hudson New York	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 Feb 9, 2008 it is said that these particuler creatures live for quite a long time, can't remember where it's located but there is a specimen that a science group has had for close to 150 to 200 + yrs. And it's still alive !!!
all i can say Hamilton, Canada	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #15 Feb 19, 2008 http://feedroom.speedera.net/static.feedroom....
Polar San Francisco, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 Feb 1, 2012 we should send some on a rover and drop them into one of the polar ice caps on mars to see what happens.
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