Tardigrade
🔬 Animal Research Sheet

Tardigrade

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📖 Read about me

The tardigrade ('water bear') is smaller than a grain of sand and nearly indestructible — surviving near absolute zero, boiling, radiation, crushing pressure, and the vacuum of space. It can dry out into a 'tun' and switch off for up to 30 years, then revive with a drop of water.

🌍 Where do I live? (my habitat)

⚡ What is my superpower?

🤯 One weird TRUE fact I learned

🔎 How do scientists KNOW this?

(Hint: look for clues in the facts — did they film it, measure it, or test it?)

✏️ Draw me!

❓ One question I still have

Wild Zoo Facts · https://wildzoofacts.com/animals/tardigrade/ — read the full facts, watch the video, and check your answers.