It makes so much sense for a marine biologist to be an avid scuba diver. As a therapist, when i retire, I will go to Cabo, sit at a café, and people watch. That's the same thing, right?
If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home ||
Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? ||
Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn. ||
These are the things that I never will learn. ||
49 Comments
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee · 38 pts · 2y
Pretty sure that’s a universal opinion.
I have one of these at home.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
That makes me happy, those plushies are so cute! I showed the post pic to two people and both said "Ew," I think their cuteness detector is broken.
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Looks like you found the first item for your Christmas wish list!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
For sure, and I like the earrings, too. Really cool site in general, thanks for sharing!
philycheezestake@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Damn there’s a 15” one
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah it never occurred to me that anyone might not think they're cute
there1snospoon@ttrpg.network · 23 pts · 2y
I mean. They’re basically microscopic Flying Bison.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
HOW have I not seen that before?
HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 2y
With a body like a vacuum cleaner bag & face that looks like a jacuzzi jet, they’re about as adorable as they come!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
That's a really spot-on description.
Tardigrado@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
No you are not definitely the only one
klemptor@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
Aw relevant username
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 2y
Cute, little, brown lunch bag
Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
I like how they're wrapped in paper
angrystego@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
That's probably an artefact of the electron microscopy preparation. Irl they're translucent and they're even cuter when they move: https://www.shutterstock.com/cs/video/clip-1039663166-tardigrade-high-quality-footage-video-water-bear
dynamo@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
You are.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y
Not.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Noooooooooo
thisNotMyName@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Looks like someone wearing a costume to disguise as a bacteria :D
ickplant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Now I can't unsee it, remind me of those T-rex costumes.
Relevant:
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
i want a dog sized one as a domestic robot, and various tools can come from the torso bag as needed.
IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Put a hard hat on a star-nosed mole instead.. It may not be as useful as a robot, but it will look like it knows what it's doing.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Not enough legs
klemptor@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Nightmare fuel tho
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Nope. My neighbor is a tardigrade expert in fact. Retired Marine Biologist Professor.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Do they have a bunch of tardigrades at home? Or marine life in general?
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Nope. They are retired and spend lots of vacation time in Cabo. Used to be avid scuba divers.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It makes so much sense for a marine biologist to be an avid scuba diver. As a therapist, when i retire, I will go to Cabo, sit at a café, and people watch. That's the same thing, right?
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I’d say so! I’m pushing 50 and still not sure what I will be when I grow up so who knows what I will do if I ever retire lol.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You still have plenty of time to decide :)
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
It's wild that the folds in their "skin" seem to have genuine creases even.
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Captain Tardigrade, defender of the multiverse! Warning: has gore
ickplant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Fucking hell, they are the most alien looking animals on the planet, they're amazing.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I mean, I don't disagree, but also let me introduce you to Centurio senex. Also quite alien-looking!
MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Looks like bat bukkakke porn, got any more?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
omg... you're not wrong.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
The bats or the porn?
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They attract each other with songs and raised facial flaps... What's porn compared to that?
Release the bats!
Madison420@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home || Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? || Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn. || These are the things that I never will learn. ||
https://youtu.be/aCkSr0ugTIM?si=bjoS0qjTDXqMi9bq
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testgoatpleaseignore@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
ickplant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Had to look this one up.
This guy?
corytheboyd@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
LAVOS
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I can def see the resemblance
testgoatpleaseignore@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
ickplant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Ah, I see, the little limbs.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I had no ides their life spans were so short. Technically, can they die of old age in tun form?
icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Yes