True Facts: The Incredible Tardigrade
by zefrank1
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True Facts Shirts: https://ze-true-store.myshopify.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truefactsSign up for Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/zefrankCREDITS:This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist all around us. He has introduced me to all sorts of new creatures and I am fortunate to have met him. http://www.instagram.com/nomadic_nostocKita Williams reached out to me almost a year ago with her amazing Tardigrade footage, and I am so happy that she did. She has a knack for capturing these animals in way that gives them so much personality!http://www.twitter.com/SeaSpongeCakeBob Goldstein runs a lab at UNC Chapel Hill and has done incredible work on the Tardigrade (and much more.) He was kind enough to review my work to make sure I didn't screw the science up too much! I wish I could have included more of his work on the evolution of Tardigrades - but I hope to do that in a future episode on arthropods.https://goldsteinlab.weebly.com/Thank you to the following for publishing their images under the CC license, it is a huge contribution to science communication.Water bear (tardigrade), Hypsibius dujardini, scanning electron micrograph by Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden. Scanning electron micrograph of active hydrated Echiniscoides sigismundi by Thomas L. Sørensen-Hygum, Robyn M. Stuart, Aslak Jørgensen & Nadja Møbjerg. New Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) from Amber Mountain (Northern Madagascar) by Gąsiorek P, Vončina K (2019) Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for the patience, support and feedbackMUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/querflote“BackBay Lounge” by Kevin MacLeodhttps://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/Additional footage used under license from: Pond5.comShutterstock.com