10 facts about animals that can live in the ice, in the fire, in a vacuum, radiation and everywhere

As the saying goes, slow and steady wins - on going! Tardigrades - a unique animal that is known for being able to live virtually in any conditions. The site publishes a compilation of short surprise of interesting facts about this miracle of nature. < 1. tardigrade - microscopic animals (rarely longer than 0, 1 mm) that live in the water.



2. tardigrades opened at the end of the XVIII century, and since then the world discovered around 1000 species of these animals.



3. According to archaeological data, tardigrades are living on Earth for more than 500 million years.





4. tardigrade able to recycle almost all the water in a sugar compound trigalozu - so they survive in extreme conditions.





5. tardigrades found in the ice of Antarctica, hot springs and snow in the Himalayas, but they live next to a man, for example, in the bark or in the moss.





6. in a "frozen" state, tardigrades can live up to 10 years, and in the ordinary - a year.





7. We tardigrades have sharp teeth, they bite algae and other animals.





8. In 2007, Swedish scientists were sent tardigrades to open space, and they have survived in spite of the vacuum and high radiation levels.





9. The females usually lay tardigrades I * ca, but some species and breed by internal fertilization.



10. tardigrade able to repair DNA regions exposed to radiation.





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