Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal

Journey to the Microcosmos Season 1 Episode 6

Overview:
We know these cute little water bears can survive the vacuum of space but are they actually immortal? We'll explore that and other misconceptions about tardigrades in this week's journey!

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Hank Green

Release Date : 2019-07-29

Duration : 10 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

Meet the Microcosmos
1. Meet the Microcosmos
How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
2. How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
3. Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
4. How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
5. Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
6. Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
How Do Protozoa Get Around?
7. How Do Protozoa Get Around?
Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
8. Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
9. Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
10. How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
Death in the Microcosmos
11. Death in the Microcosmos
Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
12. Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
13. Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
Relax and Enjoy the View
14. Relax and Enjoy the View
Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
15. Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
16. Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
The Microscopic Circle of Life
17. The Microscopic Circle of Life
Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
18. Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
The Colors of the Microcosmos
19. The Colors of the Microcosmos
Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
20. Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
21. Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
22. Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
23. Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
24. What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
25. What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
26. Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
27. We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
28. What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
29. Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
30. Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything

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