Tardigrades...kinda cool

[msjboy]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121120-jab-hope-for-resurrection-trick

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.html

These micro animals look pretty sci-fi and best of all, they could be found right in our backyards. They are something like brineshrimp where they exist in a suspended state with no water and possibly in extreme heat/cold conditions.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfuture/624_351/images/live/p0/11/gm/p011gmfb.jpg

[miuYH]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121120-jab-hope-for-resurrection-trick

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.html

These micro animals look pretty sci-fi and best of all, they could be found right in our backyards. They are something like brineshrimp where they exist in a suspended state with no water and possibly in extreme heat/cold conditions.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfuture/624_351/images/live/p0/11/gm/p011gmfb.jpg

Saw from a documentary talking about them living through the vacuum of space.

[425nm]

I'll raise your water-bears a carnivorous harp sponge:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2012/11/08/new-carnivorous-harp-sponge-discovered-in-deep-sea/

The Ocean is full of all kinds of fun things that Science-Fiction can even touch.