TARDIGRADES – PART 01

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DEAR AUDIENCE DO YOU KNOW, TARDIGRADES IS SAID TO BE THE STRONGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD. AFTER KNOWING THIS YOU WILL THINK THAT HOW CAN A MICROORGANISM BE SO STRONG? SO YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT IF YOU PUT IT IN BOILING WATER OR PUT IT ON ICE AND PUT ANY WEIGHT ON IT, IT WON’T DIE. THIS UNIQUE WOW MYSTERIOUS CREATURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS “WATER BEAR” , BECAUSE IT LIVES IN WATER AND IT’S SHAPE LOOKS LIKE A BEAR. TO TEST THE STRENGTH OF THIS UNIQUE CREATURE, IN THE YEAR 2007, SCIENTISTS SENT THOUSANDS OF TARDIGRADES TO SPACE VIA SATELLITE. SCIENTISTS WERE SURPRISED THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY SURVIVE IN SPACE, BUT FEMALE TARDIGRADES ALSO GAVE THEIR CHILDREN. SCIENTISTS SAY THAT THE REASON FOR BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE IN ANY SITUATION IS THAT A GENE CALLED “PARAMACROBIOTUS” IS FOUND IN TARDIGRADES. SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO TAKE THIS GENE FROM TARDIGRADES AND PUT IT IN OTHER ORGANISMS, SO THAT THEY TOO CAN LIVE LIKE A TARDIGRADES IN EVERY ENVIRONMENT.

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