Our Tardigrades Got Stuck in a German Post Office

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Tardigrades have been through a lot. They’ve been sent to the moon. They’ve had the moisture sapped out of them. At times, they’ve been in extreme heat. And at other times, they’ve had to contend with extreme cold. Well, today, we’ve got a new one for you. A harrowing journey for these tardigrades that have taken them through, what we assume, must be the worst thing that tardigrades have yet been subjected to. These poor, enduring tardigrades got stuck in postal security.

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329481933_A_closer_look_at_Batillipes_dicrocercus_and_new_records_of_Batillipes_potiguarensis_Tardigrada_Arthrotardigrada_from_the_Brazilian_coast_with_comments_on_intra-_and_interspecific_variability
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