Tardigrades

It can survive drying out, extreme heat and cold, and even exposure to vacuum. The humble tardigrade can be found practically anywhere there’s enough water for it to live, and quite a few places there isn’t. This weird, ugly-cute little guy’s secret comes down to chemistry.

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Sources:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2124893-tardigrades-turn-into-glass-to-survive-complete-dehydration/
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/secret-crazy-tough-water-bear-finally-revealed/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/science/tardigrades-water-bears-dried-out.html
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1097-2765%2817%2930133-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18070104
https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOZJ/TOZJ-3-1.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/animal/tardigrade
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/213/7/vi.full.pdf
http://www.biochemist.org/bio/03004/0018/030040018.pdf

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