This is a short one .
The other day, as I was thinking about what to write about this time, I accidently came across the article referenced below on Tardigrades. «What in the world is a Tardigrade?» you say. Well, by many accounts it is the toughest creature on Earth, or maybe even in our solar system!
Basically, these creatures are immortal, even if they only live for a brief number of days. Tardigrades can shrivel to a little ball, sending out 97% of their body liquid, and bring down their metabolism to 0.01% of normal, and just ‘hang out’ waiting for better days! And when they are in this state (it is called Cryptobiosis, nothing to do with the Crypto coins though, I assure you), they can survive the harshest environments, including high temperatures, pressures, even space and space radiation.
If you are interested in these creatures, read the article, I am not going to be better. But I just want to leave you with this thought, and perhaps this is why I wrote this piece: It amazes me that more and more, the reality surpasses our fiction.
Article on Tardigrades
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a11137/tardigrades-water-bears/
Paris, November 21, 2022
Zeejay