Nancy
9/7/2015 08:12:07 pm
Loved the NY Times article! And the video from the NJ person - totally awesome.
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Mark
9/8/2015 08:06:52 am
Yes, they do.
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Rick McKee
9/8/2015 09:10:39 am
The true Ruling Class of our planet. If aliens visited us and wanted to contact the dominant species they would call earth the planet of Tardigrades
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Barbara J Kilbourne
9/8/2015 09:34:49 am
I live in a national forest, and will be looking for these interesting creatures. Their resiliency is fascinating, and a good lesson for those of us who are so fussy about making everything conform to our narrow vision of " how it should be" versus using our own adaptability to see beyond our narrow "wants"
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Jean
9/8/2015 04:35:27 pm
Your members might be interested to know that the New York Microscopical Society began holding "Water Bear Hunts" in the 1990s, first for NYMS members and their young relatives, then expanding to hold a few of these events at the New York Hall of Science (before its major renovation), later several times in Central Park (thanks to the Central Park Conservancy), and even once at the Mohonk Mountain House.
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Beatrice kackmann
9/8/2015 05:57:17 pm
Utterly amazing!Makes me really want to get to theMuseum of Natural History, one of New York's jewels.
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Karli Anderson
9/10/2015 05:34:29 pm
I would like to see a scale on these photos to get a feel for the size of the adorable little creatures. How big or small are they?
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Edd
9/11/2015 03:47:18 pm
I first heard about them in Neil deGrasse Tyson's remake of Cosmos.
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Sandy
9/12/2015 12:36:13 am
As did we. So grateful to him for introducing so many to this incredible creature.
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Beth
9/27/2015 07:15:07 am
Loved the NY Times article! I first learned about tardigrades from Robin Kimmerer's lovely book "Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses", and have been a fan ever since!
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Jean
9/27/2015 01:18:41 pm
I share Beth's appreciation of Kimmerer's book, "Gathering Moss," because it helps to know what kinds of mosses to look for when you're on a tradigrade hunt.
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