Meet the Hardiest animal on Earth..

Sneaky Peaky · 17 May 2011 at 09:37

How cool are these little fellahs ! :cool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/12855775

In 2007, a little known creature called a tardigrade became the first animal to survive exposure to space.

It prevailed over sub-zero temperatures, unrelenting solar winds and an oxygen-deprived space vacuum.

Yesterday, this microscopic cosmonaut has once again hitched a ride into space on the NASA shuttle Endeavour.

Its mission: to help scientists understand more about how this so-called "hardiest animal on Earth" can survive for short periods off it.

Cosimo · 17 May 2011 at 09:42

It is quite an amazing creature:

Liquiduk · 17 May 2011 at 09:43

I do like the look of these. Clone these into fighting monsters to help against terrorism tbh.

~Mike~ · 17 May 2011 at 09:44

They look weird, but amazing creatures.

A.N.Other · 17 May 2011 at 09:49

Yeah, you can boil them and expose them to all sorts

Greenlizard0 · 17 May 2011 at 09:50

Almost looks like a creature from a 90s video game.

Sunbed · 17 May 2011 at 10:04

Looks like the weird flying things from Half Life 2

I bet a Honey Badger could crush it.

Craig1981 · 17 May 2011 at 10:15

Liquiduk said:
I do like the look of these. Clone these into fighting monsters to help against terrorism tbh.

But what happens when they run out of terrorists to eat? :eek:

Evilsod · 17 May 2011 at 10:24

Craig1981 said:
But what happens when they run out of terrorists to eat?

Easy. Then you have to breed an even hardier beast and release them to eat them all. Duh

crunchee · 17 May 2011 at 10:25

Craig1981 said:
But what happens when they run out of terrorists to eat?

Find another group of people to tag as terrorists.

Deadbeat · 17 May 2011 at 10:25

Evilsod said:
Easy. Then you have to breed an even hardier beast and release them to eat them all. Duh

I see no flaws in your plan. Not one.

arknor · 17 May 2011 at 10:31

kill it with fire! hah it cant survive fire!

DiCe! · 17 May 2011 at 10:37

Craig1981 said:
But what happens when they run out of terrorists to eat?

They turn on their masters and we are DOOMEEDDD!

Razor-BladE · 17 May 2011 at 10:47

simulatorman said:
It is quite an amazing creature:

That is impressive!

SexyGreyFox · 17 May 2011 at 11:28

http://tardigradesinspace.blogspot.com/

Cosimo · 17 May 2011 at 11:43

Apart from all the microbes on board the bobtail squid “Euprymna scolopes” will be the first cephalopod in space:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/squid-microbes-endeavour/

trigger-happy · 17 May 2011 at 11:52

No, this is the "hardiest" animal on earth, a deer eating a bird

DirtyJester · 17 May 2011 at 12:00

A.N.Other said:
Yeah, you can boil them and expose them to all sorts

...even jedward ?

DirtyJester · 17 May 2011 at 12:04

trigger-happy said:
No, this is the "hardiest" animal on earth, a deer eating a bird

lol after listening to that all I could think of was ...

matthewhotdude · 17 May 2011 at 12:04

trigger-happy said:
No, this is the "hardiest" animal on earth, a deer eating a bird

Jeez that American accent is annoying