Tardigrades/Worlds wierdest animal

[William]

No it's not a Vacumn cleaner bag, It's the worlds toughest animal

I've seen some weird animals , But these take the cake :eek:

Courtesy of NASA POTD : http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130306.html

[ameerat42]

...I've seen some weird animals , But these take the cake :eek:...

And do WH:eek:T? with it, I wonder?

On the other hand, I reckon it's how we would appear to some aliens!!!

[levers55]

What an amazing creature! The tip of the 'nose' looks man-made!

[old dog]

that`s one of the most amazing things I have seen.

[Mark L]

We're buying a new vacuum cleaner tomorrow. Just as well it's bagless. Otherwise I'd be thinking of this photo every time I emptied it.

There's more images of it here ... http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/photo-researchers-inc.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=270945

[Mathy]

Wow! Thanks for this William, I've never heard of or seen these little critters before, they are amazing. Their resemblance to a vacuum cleaner dust bag is a bit eery too. I think someone should offer NASA some CC on that pic, if they're 1mm long, that's a great photo (electron microscope not withstanding).

And thanks to MarkL too, for his additional link, cheers Deb