
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.
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Learn about the toughest animal on the planet: tardigrades
Clip: Season 4 Episode 4 | 6m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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