Soourhypothesisisthatthesetardigradesaresosmallthattheonlywayforyoutoactuallypreservethem, orthehighestchanceofthembeingpreservedin a fossil, isinamber.
Sotardigradescan't runfastlike a horse, or a micro-horse, I guess.
だから、クマムシは馬のように速く走ることはできない。
Sothey'reslow, butmostimportantly, they'resteady.
だから、スピードは遅いが、最も重要なのは安定しているということだ。
Thissimilaritybetweentardigradewalkingandinsectwalkingwas a surprisingresult, andonethatmaypointtothereasonbehindtheexistenceoftardigradelegsinthefirstplace.
Youknowhowwhenyoulookat a, ifyoulookin a streamandyoulookatmacroinvertebratesin a stream, they'recool, butthenyoulookon a coralreefandit's like, whoa, mind-blowing?
Andyougottouse a trickortwotoisolatethemfromthesediment, namelysomethingcalledthefreshwatershocktechnique, whichiswhereyoutake a bucketofsand, youpour a bunchoffreshwateronitandtheygointoosmoticshockandreleasetheirgriponthesedimentsanditstunsthemandthenyoucandecantthemthroughsieves.
There's a paperonrotifersand a paperonnematodesthatcameoutoverthelastcoupleofyearsthatwerelookingatSiberianpermafrosticecoresamplesthatweredatedto 26,000 yearsand 43,000 yearsago.
I believeit's only a matteroftimebeforetardigradesarefoundinthosesamplesaswell, becauseweknowbiochemicallytheyhaveatleastasmanytricksasthenematodesandtherotifershave.
Scientistssometimesrefertotardigradesas a pioneerspecies, whichmeanstheyareoftenthefirstspeciesin a harshenvironment, whetherthat's thecooledandhardenedlavafieldsafter a volcaniceruption, orthetoxicdegradedsoilsthatresultfromcoalmining.
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