Tardigrades are microscopic creatures that have much in common with liberals. They are able to stayed dried out for a decade and have bisexual mating habits. Tardigrades are also known as water bears because of their looks. But they have a unique way of surviving without water for long periods of time. That is due to the ‘tardigrade-specific intrinsically disordered proteins’ (TDPs).
When there is water around this protein takes on a jelly-like consistency, but when there is no water the (TDPs) turns to glass and protects the vital organs against the heat and dry conditions.
While this may all seem like a trivia question and nothing more, if scientists learn to duplicate the process it can have some major world wide impact in areas such as drought resistant crops and to preserve…
