Journey to the Microcosmos | The 18th Century Tardigrade Debate @journeytomicro | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
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If you’ve ever wondered what it might take to upset a microscopist, just ask James—our master of microscopes—his feelings about tardigrade legs. Yes, tardigrade legs. Those chunky, wiggly limbs that move their owner through meals of moss and fields of debris. What could possibly be in question when it comes to tardigrade legs?

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semanticscholar.org/paper/Biology-and-biodiversity-of-tardigrades-in-the-and-Andersson/7d151d9e9cb294f1972694feed82ba89a62e17f7/figure/0

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link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-95702-9_1
researchgate.net/publication/283615362_About_the_little_water_bear_A_commented_translation_of_GOEZE%27S_note_Ueber_den_kleinen_Wasserbar_from_1773
archive.org/details/osservazionimic00cortgoog

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