41. The time frame of these molting stages vary from each tardigrade as it is dependent on the nutrition of the specific individual. 42. Tardigrades , on the other hand, are not the exclusive province of zoologists, and I found them worthy of rescue.43. He is credited with the discovery of many tardigrade species, including a number from the genus " Diphascon ". 44. Meanwhile, Sadie learns that the lander was carrying tardigrades , a hardy life-form that can survive in extreme conditions. 45. For the first time, fossils have been found of tardigrades ( " water bears " ) and apparently free-living pentastomids. 46. But maybe the tardigrades could eat the bacteria . . . . talk ) 15 : 50, 25 January 2012 ( UTC) 47. Tardigrades are one of the few groups of species that are capable of reversibly suspending their metabolism and going into a state of cryptobiosis.48. "Aysheaia " from the middle Cambrian Burgess shale has been proposed as a sister taxon to an arthropod-tardigrade clade. 49. As she collects the explosives, the others discover that the tardigrades have consumed and absorbed their latest catch, two tons of crab. 50. The tardigrade , or water bear, is a widely studied and notable example, partially because it can undergo all five types of cryptobiosis.
