Researchers Tattooed Tardigrades. They Promise It Will Be Useful
The world’s tiniest animal somehow got more hardcore.
I was hoping one would have a heart that says "Mom" inside, but I guess a pattern of dots is a start...
Wtf?
About to get these tough little guys deported to El Salvador.
not even tardigrades can survive CECOT
They can, but they are not coming out alive.
Meaning they will have to outlive CECOT.
I bet I could. 😎
There's finally hope to get a tattoo on my micropenis!
micropenis
Redundant much? 😉
They put the tardigrades onto surfaces cooled to below -226 degrees Fahrenheit (-143 degrees Celsius), and covered the tiny creatures in anisole, an anise-scented organic compound.
If it's not enough that they froze them, then they covered them in licorice flavor and tattooed them with it. I literally didn't realize you could torture something so.
only around 40% of the tardigrades survived, but the researchers say this could improve with further refinement. Nevertheless, the study suggests that researchers could use this method to print microelectronics or sensors onto living tissue.
“This approach provides new insights into tardigrades’ resilience
The only thing that can kill tardigrades are tattoos.
hold up....
they gonna start tattooing the 5G chips in our brains now? did they give up trying to inject them with vaccines? are vaccines safe now?
nvm, they cause autism.
No, autism causes vaccines
Next thing you know they’re gonna form tardigangs!
We do what we must
because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
Tattardigrades are now my favorite things.
I wonder what you would call it if they were in a blue phone box.
And they didn't do a heart with a banner in front of it that says "Mom"?
Here's a song about tardigrades that I often get stuck in my head
Got a non YouTube version?
Just use invidious: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=aCkSr0ugTIM
Aww, poor lil guys :(
I'm sure nobody knew how cruel human tattoos would be to our survival either but look at us now...
At least we can identify if it was an HP, Xerox, or Brother printer that printed these tardigrades
Ah yes, exactly what I tell my boss when I do stupid stuff for fun
They did surgery on a tardigrade
They did surgery on a grape
