Tardigrades and Bonus Leeuwenhoek: Bite Sci-zed

Tardigrades are adorable BAMFs. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiteSciZed Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexDainis Check back every Monday for a new Bite Sci-zed chunk of science! Where to buy stuffed tardigrades: http://www.etsy.com/listing/118955740/plush-tardigrade-orange-and-yellow-water http://www.giantmicrobes.com/uk/products/waterbear.html Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/12855775 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/09/how-does-the-tiny-waterbear-survive-in-outer-space/ http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130306.html http://books.google.com/books?id=7t8IQ1x6x3IC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=On+certain+animalcules+found+in+the+sediments+in+gutter+of+the+roofs+of+houses&source=bl&ots=sB1PcXXZEe&sig=4EBTv-XxhKxU3ph23FHA2GDfvWU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u-Y7UdDSAcbw0QH-qIH4CQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=On%20certain%20animalcules%20found%20in%20the%20sediments%20in%20gutter%20of%20the%20roofs%20of%20houses&f=false Adult Tardigrade image used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 generic license. Found at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adult_tardigrade.jpg Author: Goldstein Lab, September 28, 2009 Tun image used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 generic license. Found at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypsibiusdujardini.jpg Author: Gabriel and Goldstein, June 18, 2007 NASA APOD Page from March 6, 2013 found here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130306.html First Tardigrade image credit the ESA, found here: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/extreme_chat.html C. Elegans Image is public domain, from the NIH, found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enlarged_c_elegans.jpg Drosophila Image used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 generic license. Found at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosophila_melanogaster_-_side_(aka).jpg Author: Andre Karwath, July 16, 2005 Leeuwenhoek image is public domain, from the NIH, found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_van_Leeuwenhoek.png