Why Tardigrades Are IMPOSSIBLE To Kill

On the Hill is back! Watch the latest episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSLeQgdAKI Uploaded 30-05-20 Today'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#null https://iris.unimore.it/retrieve/handle/11380/1178608/227296/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada%2036th%20Edition.pdf https://www.microscopemaster.com/tardigrades.html https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.html https://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html [Resilience of Tardigrades - Are They Extremophiles?] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05796-x https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-tardigrade-water-bear.html https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998Natur.395..853S/abstract https://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=en https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12808 https://www.nature.com/news/tardigrade-protein-helps-human-dna-withstand-radiation-1.20648#/b1 [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/YewstZVXYc8 https://youtu.be/bVDtzHM2-QQ https://youtu.be/kux1j1ccsgg https://youtu.be/slYQTMUz62s https://youtu.be/eXBkmLzBHZk https://youtu.be/7W194GQ6fHI https://youtu.be/73CbKzah8RU https://youtu.be/ccmnSXJG3QE https://youtu.be/2eb8EQXgfas https://youtu.be/W9WWysGBAlU https://youtu.be/jmOBoippG1M https://youtu.be/s07dQFkdrS8 https://youtu.be/L5G6591GfZk https://youtu.be/aHsVyb_VfeA https://youtu.be/C7OyPkn5ohI https://youtu.be/hmMlspNoZMs https://youtu.be/Exf2aFrviIw https://youtu.be/r2eyRT0IglM https://youtu.be/tPSB6ajACwM https://youtu.be/TODZQ7_7UOs https://youtu.be/LKXvdyNz6L8 https://youtu.be/mP3bcPvgIG8 https://youtu.be/xS3CZ_U8axU https://youtu.be/TuJqUvBj4rE https://youtu.be/vxr4GUV0svE https://youtu.be/BtbASIJmsjE https://youtu.be/6sv2PJ1hV3k https://youtu.be/vauycgweYfQ https://youtu.be/dork_85Q8uI https://youtu.be/ITG_j8s-Ol8 https://youtu.be/OxjMuRyPn3Q https://youtu.be/MfPMtsF0rCk https://youtu.be/I92PXSMIpdU https://youtu.be/cGY8L8cb-g0 https://youtu.be/a-9990dlfvo https://youtu.be/iV6DVamy-Wg https://youtu.be/kux1j1ccsgg https://youtu.be/npa34sjJ_9E https://youtu.be/t5IDzsVTf-Q https://youtu.be/GmjAp2eRDH0 https://youtu.be/TBzVPXr8SNY https://youtu.be/IxndOd3kmSs https://youtu.be/0lJz6JXP6Pg https://youtu.be/-2hricoEoTg https://youtu.be/vfY3mVOlGBU https://youtu.be/vpNa4u997xA https://youtu.be/D6Eac3UKEII https://youtu.be/Rg3n7_fvMp0 https://youtu.be/C_HohgDOJdg https://vimeo.com/264125677 https://youtu.be/_fTB-q7RsEc https://youtu.be/honZsQiILoI https://youtu.be/nyGROC2dpqg https://youtu.be/cjV2WP0wkvo https://youtu.be/IH926-FeAOI https://youtu.be/73CbKzah8RU https://youtu.be/0-6dzU4gOJo https://youtu.be/pppHNMSJaLo https://youtu.be/gZpsVSVRsZk https://youtu.be/-BqCTAPqivg https://giphy.com/gifs/snow-12wteMTXxjLaVO/media https://giphy.com/gifs/trippy-weird-psychedelic-3ohhwNqFMnb7wZgNnq https://giphy.com/gifs/justin-g-cold-freezing-magic-school-bus-3o6fDMaNGxz2rblFQs https://giphy.com/gifs/i-love-lucy-lucille-ball-freezer-l2QZQtk30eUmchAFa https://giphy.com/gifs/space-stars-universe-3og0IV7MOCfnm85iRa https://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