What If Tardigrades Were the Size of Humans?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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zakosist
I think it would be kinda cool, you could have a tardigrade as a pet. I dont think they would be nearly as impossible to kill as you claim. Resistance to climate conditions like cold, heat and drought, is not the same thing as resistance to physical weapons. And while they're microscopic size it would simply be impossible to aim an attack on them, that changes when they get this size. According to TierZoo they also have low armor
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I think it would be kinda cool, you could have a tardigrade as a pet. I dont think they would be nearly as impossible to kill as you claim. Resistance to climate conditions like cold, heat and drought, is not the same thing as resistance to physical weapons. And while they're microscopic size it would simply be impossible to aim an attack on them, that changes when they get this size. According to TierZoo they also have low armor
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Brakier
if it was the size of a human it would die instantly, square-cube law, becoming that big it would need a heart system to get nutrients around and ect ect ect, it would lose all its abilties and whitout a skeleton it would just be a big mess. there is a reason no big animals have abilites like a tardigrade has, or that beetles can lift hundreds times its own weight, it all come down to size. square-cube law
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if it was the size of a human it would die instantly, square-cube law, becoming that big it would need a heart system to get nutrients around and ect ect ect, it would lose all its abilties and whitout a skeleton it would just be a big mess. there is a reason no big animals have abilites like a tardigrade has, or that beetles can lift hundreds times its own weight, it all come down to size. square-cube law
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Jack
Tardigrades aren't extremophiles. Extremophiles are usually a microorganism and they are things that evolve to survive in a unique habitat. Tardigrades can withstand basically any habitat. They are the only animal to have survived all 5 known mass extinctions. Tardigrades are totally different and on a completely different level compared to (extremophiles)
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Tardigrades aren't extremophiles. Extremophiles are usually a microorganism and they are things that evolve to survive in a unique habitat. Tardigrades can withstand basically any habitat. They are the only animal to have survived all 5 known mass extinctions. Tardigrades are totally different and on a completely different level compared to (extremophiles)
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Raphael
There is a human-sized species closely related to Tardigrades, very common in the US, especially in the South: Trumptards. Trumptards are as large as a standard human and are almost as intelligent as microscopic Tardigrades. They are, needless to say, almost immortal.
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There is a human-sized species closely related to Tardigrades, very common in the US, especially in the South: Trumptards. Trumptards are as large as a standard human and are almost as intelligent as microscopic Tardigrades. They are, needless to say, almost immortal.
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Pandora
Why do we assume that WE could use THEM? Perhaps they would use humans to perform in batteries to do menial technological chores. Or spend sixty years chained to a table leg grating mountains of cheddar cheese for them to put on their grits
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Why do we assume that WE could use THEM? Perhaps they would use humans to perform in batteries to do menial technological chores. Or spend sixty years chained to a table leg grating mountains of cheddar cheese for them to put on their grits
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Bigfoot
Nothing will happen, they would still be like any other big animal, we will still be on the top of food chain. Unless there are animal that have the brain and overall capabilities of human, then that would be something.
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Nothing will happen, they would still be like any other big animal, we will still be on the top of food chain. Unless there are animal that have the brain and overall capabilities of human, then that would be something.
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Phoenix
Can we kill them if they were like the size of ant and do they need air too live and wouldn't they attack us and is it possible to kill them and are they fast enough to catch us I have so many questions
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Can we kill them if they were like the size of ant and do they need air too live and wouldn't they attack us and is it possible to kill them and are they fast enough to catch us I have so many questions
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Eeps
They are actually adorable if you draw eyes on them. Try it with your regular editing app on your phone by drawing two dots where their eyes must be on a picture of them. And you will see.
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They are actually adorable if you draw eyes on them. Try it with your regular editing app on your phone by drawing two dots where their eyes must be on a picture of them. And you will see.
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Seth
Could you selectively breed them bigger? I know they wouldn't get that big but surely you could breed a strain of them that are substantially bigger than anything that occurs naturally.
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Could you selectively breed them bigger? I know they wouldn't get that big but surely you could breed a strain of them that are substantially bigger than anything that occurs naturally.
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John
Size matters a lot, if they were the size of a human, their physiology would change drastically.
They most likely wouldn't keep a lot of their traits, but they would gain new ones.
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Size matters a lot, if they were the size of a human, their physiology would change drastically.
They most likely wouldn't keep a lot of their traits, but they would gain new ones.
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Shivan
Forget about the size of this thing, have we ever actually eaten this thing accidently while they were attached to our food? Since they can survive above boiling temperature.
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Forget about the size of this thing, have we ever actually eaten this thing accidently while they were attached to our food? Since they can survive above boiling temperature.
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Terry
They are taking a gene from this and mixing it with DNA To create a soldier that is radiation resistant, they are doing this in China just what could go wrong
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They are taking a gene from this and mixing it with DNA To create a soldier that is radiation resistant, they are doing this in China just what could go wrong
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Vhals
Can someone tell me the name of
The movie ) at 0: 25
And the name of those ghostly creatures at 2: 10+
I think the show is -star treck discovery-
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Can someone tell me the name of
The movie ) at 0: 25
And the name of those ghostly creatures at 2: 10+
I think the show is -star treck discovery-
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Gimmefreecp
Ok forst thing off people who are afraid of them are going to freak out and second thing idk what their gonna do but like THEIR GONNA BE EVERYHWHERE
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Ok forst thing off people who are afraid of them are going to freak out and second thing idk what their gonna do but like THEIR GONNA BE EVERYHWHERE
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shin
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like tardigrades are squishy when touched its probably and definitely me whos the only one who feel that way
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Is it just me or does anyone else feel like tardigrades are squishy when touched its probably and definitely me whos the only one who feel that way
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Ethan
Giant tardigrade: -is resistant to heat, cold, radiation, pressure, starvation, drought.
Human with a gun: parry this you freaking causal
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Giant tardigrade: -is resistant to heat, cold, radiation, pressure, starvation, drought.
Human with a gun: parry this you freaking causal
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shek
This is scientifically innacurate,
Tartigrades are NOT extremophiles. They survive in environments that are inhospitable, they do not live.
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This is scientifically innacurate,
Tartigrades are NOT extremophiles. They survive in environments that are inhospitable, they do not live.
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Smooth
What if we could use tardigrades proteins that could be a boost from their protein to help humans resist radiation, and space vacuum hmmm.
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What if we could use tardigrades proteins that could be a boost from their protein to help humans resist radiation, and space vacuum hmmm.
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Some
Omg flying hybrids! These are the ingredients: worm head, Lizard claws, bear body, Cow legs! And finally last! Is eight leg spider like!
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Omg flying hybrids! These are the ingredients: worm head, Lizard claws, bear body, Cow legs! And finally last! Is eight leg spider like!
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Jason
What if you were to ingest one of these small creatures, could it make you go insane if it go into your brain or even worse, kill you?
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What if you were to ingest one of these small creatures, could it make you go insane if it go into your brain or even worse, kill you?
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Matthew
So typical of our species that the very first thought when it comes to hypotheticals like this is -how can we use them-?
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So typical of our species that the very first thought when it comes to hypotheticals like this is -how can we use them-?
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LittleTony
Soooooooo thinking we can CRISPR-cas9 that anti-destruction gene and slip it into a human being for space travel.
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Soooooooo thinking we can CRISPR-cas9 that anti-destruction gene and slip it into a human being for space travel.
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education
Not like it wasn't interesting, but the whole video was about how to hurt or use them. Peace never was an option.
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Not like it wasn't interesting, but the whole video was about how to hurt or use them. Peace never was an option.
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Media
I'd like to devise a new FTL travel using marshmallows, chocolate and Graham crackers. I'd call it -Smore Drive-.
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I'd like to devise a new FTL travel using marshmallows, chocolate and Graham crackers. I'd call it -Smore Drive-.
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MoonShine
Now I was looking for a video someone injects them into our body, can they benefit us by any means nassasery
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Now I was looking for a video someone injects them into our body, can they benefit us by any means nassasery
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Microwave
Technically they are not extreme files. Because they can live anywhere including extreme environments.
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Technically they are not extreme files. Because they can live anywhere including extreme environments.
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