Dead Tardigrade?
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Dead Tardigrade?
I found this in a salt water sample. Could it be a dead tardegrade?
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Certainly looks like one.
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Thanks guys. It came from a salt water fish tank . The water sample was stored in a jar for about a year.
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Maybe it's just sleeping?
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Parrots can do that, I suppose tardigrades could too.
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
I suppose it's an ex-tardigrade
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
The trouble is, I dumped the sample back in the collection as well as I could but I may have missed it or damaged it.
Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Tardirades moult, so that might just be its left behind skin.
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Re: Dead Tardigrade?
Thanks for those reassuring comments.