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Learn about the toughest animal on the planet: tardigrades

Learn about the toughest animal on the planet: tardigrades

10/30/2017

SciTech Now

Learn about the toughest animal on the planet: tardigrades

Clip: Season 4 Episode 4 | 6m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn about the toughest animal on the planet: tardigrades

Eons from now, when some believe few species will still exist, tardigrades, also known as “water bears” will be one of the last standing organisms on Earth. Professor of science at Harvard University, Avi Loeb, joins Hari Sreenivasan via google hangout to discuss one of the toughest animals on the planet.

10/30/2017

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