This animal Able Life 200 Years, what because he tough or lest he an alien?

Can live more than 200 years, was dead when brought into space, and can survive in the most extreme conditions on the planet. It does not make sense any living being as strong as it was. But, this is real.


As the site loaded News.com.au, Friday (22/02/2013), what is impossible for man is possessed by the unusually small animals, live in water called tardigrade. Beings who also dubbed "water bears" (water bears) it is the most powerful on earth.


It looked like a caterpillar marine, tardigrade have claws on their feet - which makes this creature bears the term "bear".

This eight-legged animal body no more than 1 millimeter, but it can be seen clearly using basic microscope.

Tardigrade very slow motion, at the base of which is covered with moss, and sand. More than 900 species live in freshwater tardigrade, while about 10 others can be found in the sea.

Its presence can be found everywhere, from the heights of the Himalayas to the Sahara desert heat for mercy. Of the Amazon rainforest to the frozen water in the Arctic.

With the ability to cryptobiosis - stop the metabolic process conditions such as death approached - tardigrade can survive in conditions most deadly to humans or other animals.

As the site loaded Technician, Harold Heatwole, professor of biology tardigrade experts say, being it is one of the only animals on Earth that can die and live again. "By doing cryptobiosis special abilities," he said.

Brought to Space

In 1920, a German professor discovered, tardigrade can survive even boiled at a temperature of 150 degrees Celsius. Or stay alive despite frozen for days at a temperature below 200 degrees Celsius.

They are also resistant to radiation exposure up to 5,700 gray, gray whereas only 10-20 will kill humans and most other animals. This small animal turned out to have the same level toughness monsters!

In 2007, a number of tardigrade launched into space by the European Space Agency (ESA). In a special mission Tardigrades in Space (TARDIS).

The result was disappointing, "astronaut" mini that can survive in vacuum conditions, exposed to cosmic rays, some even survived the UV radiation of more than 1,000-fold higher than that received by the earth's surface.

Until now, scientists do not know how tardigrade breed, also links with other creatures on earth. Also, how can a small animal it could have the toughness of life.

Could creatures that survive space, actually did come from outside the solar system? Problem is, there are no answers. (Ein)

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