7 incredible things you should know about the tardigrades – nature’s “super” animal
The tardigrades have long held the imagination of many a zoological specialist, since at least the late 18th century - when the micro-animal (aquatic invertebrate) was first discovered by the German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773. And while showcasing 'affable' physical characteristics like being short, pudgy and nearly translucent - with four pair…