Tardigrades Use Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Survive Desiccation

cell ^ | 16 March 2017 | Thomas C. Boothby

[shibumi]

The Tardigrade is my Alternate Spirit Animal.

My Primary Spirit Animal is the Giant Three-Toed Slo0th -

I have a Second Alternate Spirit Animal as well.
It's the Ring-Tailed Lemur...

[humblegunner]

I always thought the Tardigrade was that average that made
us regular students look like we were actually learning stuff.

Like as compared to those tard kids what got graded.

I’ma keep believing that.

[shibumi]

Nah.

It’s what you get on your test paper when you turn it in late.

[humblegunner]

I don’t feel tardy.

[shibumi]

And that happens a lot when you Spirit Animal is a Sloth.

See the connection?

[humblegunner]

Whut?
Chicken. Paper sacks yeah.

[snooter55]

Whoopie Goldberg too ????????

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

[dp0622]

I was just thinking the other day how it’s amazing that God made animals so beautiful that we could appreciate them all.

Oops.

Plus what’s Michelle obama doing in a tree?

It looks like somebody shrank her in the laundry.

[Salamander]

Whatever my spirit animal may be, I’m sure it has rabies.

[tet68]

Maybe we could cross a tardigrade and
a chicken. Mmmmmmmm.

Still kinda kreepy seeing a six legged critter.

[BlueDragon]

Giorgio Tsoukalos wonders.

[JoeProBono]

[Salamander]

IMO, Tardigrades are “immortal” simply because nothing can destroy that much cuteness.

/yeah, I’m warped

:)

[BlueDragon]

Still kinda kreepy seeing a six legged critter.

Creepy with a k? Some six legged more like high-struttin' 'till finding reason for being

Approved by the creator

Distributed as special acknowledgment and reward in elite ceremonies;

Breeding origin of six legged turkey; +

[Rebelbase]

Great idea. Toss in an electron microscope that wirelessly transmits to a smart tv on the wall and you could market it to wealthy urbanites who want a pet but not the mess.

[Rebelbase]

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[txhurl]

Remember the packets of SeaMonkeys you could buy? Brine shrimp, I think they were.

[Rebelbase]

You mean that wasn’t powdered soup mix?

[piasa]

“But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise; and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.”

[JoeProBono]