Miscellaneous

Tardigrade (Water bear)

Sea Pig (sea cucumber)

Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden, UNC Chapel Hill

• Can withstand temperatures of -272 C to 150 C (far above boiling)

  • Can withstand radiation hundreds of times greater than lethal dose for humans

  • Can go without food or water for 30 years

• More on Tardigrades

• PBS Tardigrade episode

By NOAA/MBARI - CC BY-SA 3.0,

PBS Sea Pig episode