"The Incredible Critter That’s Tough Enough to Survive ..." Topic

…in Space.

"In 1933, the owner of a New York City speakeasy and three cronies embarked on a rather unoriginal scheme to make a quick couple grand: Take out three life insurance policies on the bar's deepest alcoholic, Mike Malloy, then kill him.

First, they pumped him full of ungodly amounts of liquor. When that didn't work, they poisoned the hooch. Mike didn't mind. Then came the sandwiches of rotten sardines and broken glass and metal shavings. Mike reportedly loved them. Next they dropped him in the snow and poured cold water on him. It didn't faze Mike. Then they ran him over with a cab, which only broke his arm. The conspirators finally succeeded when they boozed Mike up, ran a tube down his throat, and pumped him full of carbon monoxide.

They don't come much tougher than Mike the Durable, as he is remembered. Except in the microscopic world beneath our feet, where there lives what is perhaps the toughest creature on Earth: the tardigrade. Also known as the water bear (because it looks like an adorable little many-legged bear), this exceedingly tiny critter has an incredible resistance to just about everything. Go ahead and boil it, freeze it, irradiate it, and toss it into the vacuum of space — it won't die. If it were big enough to eat a glass sandwich, it probably could survive that too…"

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Not so sure "adorable" is a word I would use for these…

Damon.

A very bizarre looking creature.

Looks like a creature from a very low budget, 1960s era TV series.

It would make a good plush toy for people with a warped sense of humour…

Someone should make a water bear sleeping bag. The thought of seeing someone stick their head out of the end of it make me chuckle!

Plushy water bears:

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