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#Eutardigrada

2 matchups tagged Eutardigrada.

Scanning electron micrograph of an active Milnesium tardigradum showing its plump body, eight stubby legs, and clawed feet.

A hairless, wrinkled pink naked mole-rat with prominent front teeth

A tongue-eating louse sitting inside the open mouth of a striped seabream where the tongue used to be

A Pacific hagfish poking out of a hole on the seafloor at 150 meters depth

A bombardier beetle of the genus Brachinus with an orange thorax and dark blue wing covers.

Weekend Special - Champion of the Week

Champion of the Week: Five Weekday Winners, One Crown

A space-proof bug, a deathless sausage, a tongue thief, a highway-slimer, and a butt-cannon beetle walk into a Saturday. Only one is Critter of the Week.

7 weeks ago · 6 min

A live pink sea pig (Scotoplanes globosa) on the deep-sea floor with a small juvenile crab sheltering beneath it.

A superb lyrebird standing on the forest floor, showing its long ornate tail and brown plumage.

Tardigrade vs Sea Pig vs Superb Lyrebird: A Bug That Survived Space, a Pig That Walks on the Sea Floor, and a Bird That Does a Chainsaw Impression

Three animals from three completely unrelated corners of existence, judged on cool, weird, and gross, because consistency is for cowards.

7 weeks ago · 5 min

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