Why Tardigrades Are IMPOSSIBLE To Kill

On the Hill is back!Watch the latest episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSLeQgdAKIUploaded 30-05-20Today's episode is all about our favourite celebrity invertebrate - Bean! Why are scientists fascinated with tardigrades? Are tardigrades actually immortal? Can they survive space? Why do we think they’re the toughest animal on the planet? Let's get into it.[General Info/Taxonomy]https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=155166#nullhttps://iris.unimore.it/retrieve/handle/11380/1178608/227296/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada%2036th%20Edition.pdfhttps://www.microscopemaster.com/tardigrades.htmlhttps://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html[Resilience of Tardigrades - Are They Extremophiles?]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05796-xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-tardigrade-water-bear.htmlhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998Natur.395..853S/abstracthttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553000600972956?journalCode=irab20&https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)00805-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982208008051%3Fshowall%3Dtru[Climate Research]https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_boothby_meet_the_tardigrade_the_toughest_animal_on_earth/transcript?language=enhttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12808https://www.nature.com/news/tardigrade-protein-helps-human-dna-withstand-radiation-1.20648#/b1[Other Sources]https://youtu.be/YewstZVXYc8https://youtu.be/bVDtzHM2-QQhttps://youtu.be/kux1j1ccsgghttps://youtu.be/slYQTMUz62shttps://youtu.be/eXBkmLzBHZkhttps://youtu.be/7W194GQ6fHIhttps://youtu.be/73CbKzah8RUhttps://youtu.be/ccmnSXJG3QEhttps://youtu.be/2eb8EQXgfashttps://youtu.be/W9WWysGBAlUhttps://youtu.be/jmOBoippG1Mhttps://youtu.be/s07dQFkdrS8https://youtu.be/L5G6591GfZkhttps://youtu.be/aHsVyb_VfeAhttps://youtu.be/C7OyPkn5ohIhttps://youtu.be/hmMlspNoZMshttps://youtu.be/Exf2aFrviIwhttps://youtu.be/r2eyRT0IglMhttps://youtu.be/tPSB6ajACwMhttps://youtu.be/TODZQ7_7UOshttps://youtu.be/LKXvdyNz6L8https://youtu.be/mP3bcPvgIG8https://youtu.be/xS3CZ_U8axUhttps://youtu.be/TuJqUvBj4rEhttps://youtu.be/vxr4GUV0svEhttps://youtu.be/BtbASIJmsjEhttps://youtu.be/6sv2PJ1hV3khttps://youtu.be/vauycgweYfQhttps://youtu.be/dork_85Q8uIhttps://youtu.be/ITG_j8s-Ol8https://youtu.be/OxjMuRyPn3Qhttps://youtu.be/MfPMtsF0rCkhttps://youtu.be/I92PXSMIpdUhttps://youtu.be/cGY8L8cb-g0https://youtu.be/a-9990dlfvohttps://youtu.be/iV6DVamy-Wghttps://youtu.be/kux1j1ccsgghttps://youtu.be/npa34sjJ_9Ehttps://youtu.be/t5IDzsVTf-Qhttps://youtu.be/GmjAp2eRDH0https://youtu.be/TBzVPXr8SNYhttps://youtu.be/IxndOd3kmSshttps://youtu.be/0lJz6JXP6Pghttps://youtu.be/-2hricoEoTghttps://youtu.be/vfY3mVOlGBUhttps://youtu.be/vpNa4u997xAhttps://youtu.be/D6Eac3UKEIIhttps://youtu.be/Rg3n7_fvMp0https://youtu.be/C_HohgDOJdghttps://vimeo.com/264125677https://youtu.be/_fTB-q7RsEchttps://youtu.be/honZsQiILoIhttps://youtu.be/nyGROC2dpqghttps://youtu.be/cjV2WP0wkvohttps://youtu.be/IH926-FeAOIhttps://youtu.be/73CbKzah8RUhttps://youtu.be/0-6dzU4gOJohttps://youtu.be/pppHNMSJaLohttps://youtu.be/gZpsVSVRsZkhttps://youtu.be/-BqCTAPqivghttps://giphy.com/gifs/snow-12wteMTXxjLaVO/mediahttps://giphy.com/gifs/trippy-weird-psychedelic-3ohhwNqFMnb7wZgNnqhttps://giphy.com/gifs/justin-g-cold-freezing-magic-school-bus-3o6fDMaNGxz2rblFQshttps://giphy.com/gifs/i-love-lucy-lucille-ball-freezer-l2QZQtk30eUmchAFahttps://giphy.com/gifs/space-stars-universe-3og0IV7MOCfnm85iRahttps://giphy.com/gifs/shocked-ernie-bert-umMYB9u0rpJyE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices