Am I the only one who thinks tardigrades are cute? ( lemmy.world )

WaterWaiver , 7 months ago

Captain Tardigrade, defender of the multiverse!Warning: has gore

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/21a157cc-227e-4ea7-bbc2-b125c6d30588.png

Tardigrado , 7 months ago

No you are not definitely the only one

klemptor , 7 months ago

Aw relevant username

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

dynamo , 7 months ago

You are.

stephen01king , 7 months ago

Not.

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

Noooooooooo

Num10ck , 7 months ago

i want a dog sized one as a domestic robot, and various tools can come from the torso bag as needed.

IDontHavePantsOn , 7 months ago

Put a hard hat on a star-nosed mole instead.. It may not be as useful as a robot, but it will look like it knows what it’s doing.

klemptor , 7 months ago

Nightmare fuel tho

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA , 7 months ago

Not enough legs

Madison420 , 7 months ago

If I were a tardigrade I’d move out from home || Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? || Pressure wouldn’t squash me and fire couldn’t burn. || These are the things that I never will learn. ||

youtu.be/aCkSr0ugTIM?si=bjoS0qjTDXqMi9bq

icepuncher69 , 7 months ago

Yes

Zoboomafoo , 7 months ago

I like how they’re wrapped in paper

angrystego , 7 months ago

That’s probably an artefact of the electron microscopy preparation. Irl they’re translucent and they’re even cuter when they move: shutterstock.com/…/clip-1039663166-tardigrade-hig…

Sanctus , 7 months ago

I had no ides their life spans were so short. Technically, can they die of old age in tun form?

Pisodeuorrior , 7 months ago

Fucking hell, they are the most alien looking animals on the planet, they're amazing.

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

I mean, I don’t disagree, but also let me introduce you to Centurio senex. Also quite alien-looking!

MilitantAtheist , 7 months ago

Looks like bat bukkakke porn, got any more?

KingJalopy , 7 months ago

The bats or the porn?

kamenlady , 7 months ago

They attract each other with songs and raised facial flaps… What’s porn compared to that?

Release the bats!

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

omg… you’re not wrong.

there1snospoon , 7 months ago

I mean. They’re basically microscopic Flying Bison.

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

HOW have I not seen that before?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e2588c0b-4c04-429d-b3b0-a1922a205411.png

ThunderWhiskers , 7 months ago

It’s wild that the folds in their “skin” seem to have genuine creases even.

thisNotMyName , 7 months ago

Looks like someone wearing a costume to disguise as a bacteria :D

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

Now I can’t unsee it, remind me of those T-rex costumes.

Relevant:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eea0a488-e86f-439f-8212-93c080700aec.png

testgoatpleaseignore , 7 months ago

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ickplant OP , 7 months ago

Had to look this one up.

This guy?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5b7390f2-65b0-4e07-8ee3-5f5697b3e26b.png

corytheboyd , 7 months ago

LAVOS

ickplant OP , 7 months ago

I can def see the resemblance

testgoatpleaseignore , 7 months ago

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ickplant OP , 7 months ago

Ah, I see, the little limbs.

Extrasvhx9he , 7 months ago

Cute, little, brown lunch bag

Moobythegoldensock , 7 months ago

Pretty sure that’s a universal opinion.

I have one of these at home.

philycheezestake , 7 months ago

Damn there’s a 15” one

caseyweederman , 7 months ago

Yeah it never occurred to me that anyone might not think they’re cute