After 30 years of being frozen, Tardigrades are now re-born.
The humble tardigrade can withstand all kinds of treatment. They can be frozen, dried out, or even blasted into space.
A new experiment shows that locking the critters inside ice for 30 years does not deliver the ultimate knockout.
After being frozen for over 30 years, Japanese researchers have successfully brought back two tardigrades – often called water bears for their claws or head shape – to life. The eight-legged pair of microscopic animals were discovered in 1983 by a separate team of Japanese scientists with the 24th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in a sample of frozen moss that was kept below freezing until the present day.
Source:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/01/18/frozen-for-30-years-a-tardigrade-springs-back-to-life/
