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Tardigrades—the microscopic, oddly cute toughest animals on Earth—explained

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Tardigrades are tiny creatures that live everywhere on Earth, from the underside of a rock next to your school to the Antarctic ice. They can even survive in space! Learn about the amazing, indestructible “water bear.”

This entry was posted in The Natural World and tagged Science & Nature on June 1, 2016 by Mikki Gibson.

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