The Tardigrade can survive for decades without water, and we finally know how
The water that is essential to life on Earth can be drained from tardigrades, but their almost immortal powers allow them to survive.
Researchers have now discovered another trick that these microscopic anomalies employ to survive extreme dehydration for years.
Takekazu Kunieda, a biologist at the University of Tokyo, says that although water is vital to all known life forms, some tardigrades could live without it for many decades.
Source:
https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrades-can-survive-decades-without-water-and-we-finally-know-how
