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Tardigrade


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For members of the suborder sometimes designated Tardigrada, see Sloth.




Tardigrade
Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent[1]

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Hypsibius dujardini



Scientific classification



Kingdom:

Animalia



Superphylum:

Ecdysozoa



(unranked):

Panarthropoda



(unranked):

Tactopoda



Phylum:

Tardigrades
Spallanzani, 1777



Classes



Eutardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Mesotardigrada


Tardigrades (/ˈtɑːrdɪˌɡreɪd/; also known as water bears or moss piglets)[2][3][4] are water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. They have been sighted from mountaintops to the deep sea, from tropical rain forests to the Antarctic.

Tardigrades are notable for being perhaps the most durable of known organisms: they can survive extreme conditions that would be rapidly fatal to nearly all other known life forms. They can withstand temperature ranges from 1 K (−458 °F; −272 °C) to about 420 K (300 °F; 150 °C),[7] pressures about six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a human, and the vacuum of outer space.[8] They can go without food or water for more than 30 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce.[3][9][10][11]

They are not considered extremophilic because they are not adapted to exploit these conditions. This means that their chances of dying increase the longer they are exposed to the extreme environments,[5] whereas true extremophiles thrive in a physically or geochemically extreme environment that would harm most other organisms.[3][12][13]

Usually, tardigrades are about 0.5 mm (0.02 in) long when they are fully grown.[2] They are short and plump with four pairs of legs, each with four to eight claws also known as "disks".[2] The first three pairs of legs are directed ventrolaterally and are the primary means of locomotion (moving), while the fourth pair is directed posteriorly on the terminal segment of the trunk and is used primarily for grasping the substrate.[14] Tardigrades are prevalent in mosses and lichens and feed on plant cells, algae, and small invertebrates. When collected, they may be viewed under a very low-power microscope, making them accessible to students and amateur scientists.[15]

Tardigrades form the phylum Tardigrada, part of the superphylum Ecdysozoa. It is an ancient group, with fossils dating from 530 million years ago, in the Cambrian period.[16] About 1,150 species of tardigrades have been described.[17][18] Tardigrades can be found throughout the world, from the Himalayas[19] (above 6,000 m (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 m (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.

 

Contretemps (noun): An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence. A minor dispute or disagreement.

I have occasional contretemps with my mother.

 

Significand

The significand (also mantissa or coefficient) is part of a number in scientific notation or a floating-point number, consisting of its significant digits. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fraction.

 

DISJUNCTION

In logic, a disjunction is a compound sentence formed by combining two sentences (or facts) using the word "or." "Blue is a color or 7 + 3 = 10." (T or T = T) Since both facts are true, the entire sentence is true.

 

onomatopoeia

"Buzzzz...," said the bee to the girl.
But, what does he mean?
The girl wondered this, before coming to her conclusions.
The bee thinks that I am pretty and quite aesthetically fascinating.
But is more interested in these flowers and trees.
"Just don't rub me wrong or scare me you see, and sting you I wont."
This is what the bee means, and is really not all that mean.
This at least, is what she thinks.

--IRQ42

 

Booble crap! But I did mean bubble wrap...I'm adopting that saying, lol

 

repeating this for photo which did not show the photo on the other thread today.

 

HIPPOPOTOMONSTOSEQUIPADALIAPHOBIA...[yeah,you read it correctly-now try pronouncing it,smartarse!]


...is the medical term for the fear of long words. Honest.

 

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Little fella sent me this, we were having a spelling test, he said say that in your accent Nana! I was like..Erm, ok!
I thought, wow! Then he told me, put into Google, long words! Ha!

 

ohhh,boy-that bloody Google has put an end to learning...too much "No need to learn-I can Google stuff!"-yeah,you can...until the power cuts...

Anyway...[sorry - 'Google it' really is a phrase I hate]..."Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" is accepted as the longest name in the UK..
It means [yes,I do speak Gaelic,bach..."Saint Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave".
Yep....bit of a gobfull,so tends to be known as Llanfair P.W. to all-and-sundry. If you put 'uchaf.org.uk' immediately onto the end of the name,you'll arrive at the website with the longest name on the planet. There,fill yer boots. [I'm knackered,now!]

 

su·per·cil·i·ous.


[ˌso͞opərˈsilēəs]







ADJECTIVE



behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others:

"a supercilious lady's maid"


synonyms: arrogant · haughty · conceited · disdainful · overbearing ·
[more]

 

ag·gre·gate


noun

ˈaɡriɡət/

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   a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements.
   "the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
   
   
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   a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles.
   
   
   synonyms:
   
   collection, mass, agglomeration, conglomerate, assemblage; More
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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adjective

1. 
   
   
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   formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items; total.
   "the aggregate amount of grants made"
   
   
   synonyms:
   
   total, combined, gross, overall, composite
   
   
   "an aggregate score"
   
   
   
   
   
   
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verb

ˈaɡrəˌɡāt/

1. 
   
   
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   form or group into a class or cluster.
   "the butterflies aggregate in dense groups"
   
   
   
   
   

 

lithography
lɪˈθɒɡrəfi/
noun
the process of printing from a flat surface treated so as to repel the ink except where it is required for printing.
ELECTRONICS
a method analogous to lithography, used in making printed circuits.

 

creep

 

WOW! Good night.

Sweet dreams.....

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia.

yes,honestly-a real word that [just a teeny bit ironically] is the medical term for 'the fear of long words'.

 

snake

there was a big black snake in the middle of the road to my house today.....so wait for it to pass into the bushes on the other side and do not run it over...karma.....for all living things . Someone said those big black ones are copperheads.

REALLY?

 

Possibly....This is one it could be in NY, but I was not close enough to it to see any markings at all....and it looked jet, shiny black from the car....all one color....

 

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