Oftentimes, life shows that seemingly simple designs can be extremely versatile.

The absolute kings of animal resilience are the tardigrades. With around 500 million years of evolution on their backs, the environmetal conditions somo of these mofos can withstand put most other animals to shame.

Near absolute zero temperatures (-273°C/-460°F) to boiling temperatures (150°C/300°F), space vacuum to over 6x the pressure of the deepest part of the ocean, 99% dehydration, ionizing radiation... Things are getting rough around? No problem, just drop your metabolism 99.99% and spend the next 30 years in cryptobiosis without food and water!

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