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This guy is studying "the dry life" as he calls it. An interesting look at the extremes that rotifers can survive.
This reminds me of something I read about certain ticks. Apparently, in the world's driest desert of Chile, these ticks can survive in a hibernated state for as many as ten years, without moving, eating, or breathing. When an animal is near, the tick smells the carbon dioxide and gets moving for a meal.
In the invaluable words of Jeff Goldblum, "if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way."
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It's weird that rotifers have short lifespans. Wikipedia says about three weeks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotifer So apparently, their ability to fix this DNA damage doesn't stop them from aging. I wonder what causes them to die. BTW, I posted a vid with some hot rotifer action yesterday:
thenewgreen · 4828 days ago · link ·
Rotifers are badasses. The thought that we could "just add water" to a dry environment and perhaps awaken it, is cool.