Tardigrade (microscopic)

The tardigrade was a docile micro-animal that lived in the waters of Earth. It was capable of surviving both extreme and sub-freezing temperatures. The tardigrade was able to incorporate foreign DNA in its genome through horizontal gene transfer. ()
When Michael Burnham was a little girl still living with her biological parents, she slept with a stuffed animal resembling a tardigrade. ()
The organism nicknamed "Ripper" shared some natural traits with the tardigrade, and was described as its cousin. Because of this, that species was informally also called a . (; )
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Category:Earth animals