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Bbc: Earth: Tardigrades Return From the Dead

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Tardigrades are ancient, fascinating creatures that can survive conditions that would kill most life forms, including extreme heat and absolute zero, extreme pressure and a vacuum, and deadly radiation. They can even survive being desiccated for years, and can repair any damaged DNA. Discover some of the adaptations tardigrades have developed so that they can seemingly survive just about anything.

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animal adaptations, animal classification
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adapting to extreme environments, animals in extreme environments, extreme animals, moss piglet, water bear, waterbear, bbc: earth: tardigrades return from the dead, tardigrada
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