tell me about the tards
>>4795427they have a penchant for tendies
>>4795427They love bellyrubs.
>>4795427They've got some bigole eyes
>>4795427They are Chads.
>>4795647
>>4795654tardbros… i thought we were invincible???
>>4795654Imagine being multicellular and dying to a single unicellular organism.
>>4795658Fuckers eat human brains, what hope do tards have?
>>4795427reddit popsci animal
>>4795427Tardigrades are extremely closely related to arthropods. They can be considered as sort of the ancestors of them, alongside velvet worms (which are equally as cute as tardis in my opinion). They've been around since the cambrian, and they're so successful that their body plan hasn't changed much for those 500 million years or so.
>>4795658Tardigrades can only survive for a century at most, while other animals like nematodes and rotifers have been revived after dozens of millennia. Tardigrades are also susceptible to diseases, toxins, or anything that can break through their skin.
>>4795427They power the Spore Drive.
They're a major downgrade compared to their cousins
>>4796809HOW DARE YOU SPEAK SUCH HEINOUS LIES! WARF TO SECURITY, TAKE LIEUTENANT ANON OFF THE BRIDGE AND TO THE BRIG
God damnit, I'm a dogtor, not a sci-fi nerd. What the hell are you people on about?
>>4796824go away trekfaggot
convince me they aren't von neumann probes
>>4795638>>4797106Why must they be such cutie patooties?
>>4797106help steptard im stuck
>>4796858Nothing else explains why they can survive extreme conditions but not being eaten by a snail!
>>4796811I want these plush were do I get them?
>>4797335giantmicrobes.com
>>4795427what would be the damage wrought if you had one of these in your bloodstream?
>>4795427each of their muscles are single cells.overall their body consists of only around 1000 cells.
>>4799147Why would that be nice
>>4795427https://youtube.com/watch?v=KESE8BPMy7s
>>4795659>what are viruses
>>4800895Not single cellular
>>4800895ruh roh, we gotta rerard
>>4795427They're panarthropods
>>4795654WORM OF WORMSCRUSH PARASITISM
>>4796811SNIBETI SNABS
>>4800895>singleno>unicellularno
>>4797885Okay, I'm sorry if this looks like shilling, but this site is fucking amazing.
>>4796824Stay here TrekCHAD