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Lilly Begonia
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Tardigrade?

#1 Post by Lilly Begonia » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:01 am

Is this what I think it is? I got this out of some lichens off a tree outside, and it looks to be a tardigrade. I'm not sure what else it could be, has six apparent legs, not moving, but there it is. So did I find one?

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Hey, I found two more of them!

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Re: Tardigrade?

#2 Post by zzffnn » Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:36 pm

Yes, those are water bears.
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#3 Post by Lilly Begonia » Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:39 pm

zzffnn wrote:Yes, those are water bears.
Well this is pretty neat! I've found 5 of them now. This is fun :)
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Re: Tardigrade?

#4 Post by charlie g » Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:29 pm

Terrific 'moss piglets' aka: water bears you imaged! Charlie guevara
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#5 Post by Lilly Begonia » Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:37 pm

charlie g wrote:Terrific 'moss piglets' aka: water bears you imaged! Charlie guevara
Thank you Charlie :)
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Re: Tardigrade?

#6 Post by JimT » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:20 pm

Well done :) You are right, this is fun.
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Re: Tardigrade?

#7 Post by Pat Thielen » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:26 pm

It is so awesome you were able to find water bears so easily and get some great photos and videos of them. So far I've managed to find one -- I need to start looking a bit more I should think! Thanks for sharing these images -- I look forward to seeing more.
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Re: Tardigrade?

#8 Post by Lilly Begonia » Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:50 pm

Pat Thielen wrote:It is so awesome you were able to find water bears so easily and get some great photos and videos of them. So far I've managed to find one -- I need to start looking a bit more I should think! Thanks for sharing these images -- I look forward to seeing more.
You are so very welcome Pat! i've greatly enjoyed doing this and I'm having great fun with my new microscope. I don't even know what prompted me to buy it, it just popped into my head one night that I should have one and the next day I ordered it. I'm not sorry.

So next I'm going to be driving about looking for different mosses and lichens to collect, re-hydrate, and look for water bears in. I'm hoping to find more than one kind, as well as record their behavior in detail, including laying eggs, and eggs hatching.
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Re: Tardigrade?

#9 Post by Jonnyvine » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:53 pm

Good findings!

I've been trying to look for these myself. :)
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