Meet the Tardigrade | Legion of Learners

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Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby 1. A tardigrade measures 1.5 mm long. Your thumb nails measure 1.5 cm long. How many tardigrades can lie down and form a line along your thumb nail? 2. Without water, a human can survive about 100 hours while a tardigrade can survive decades. How many hours are there in 1 decade? 3. If a tardigrade stretches 1.5 mm long but curls up into a ball in the tun state. What's the diameter of the ball? 4. A tardigrade has eight legs, while a human has only two. If X tardigrades and Y humans have together 26 legs, what X and Y could be?

A tardigrade measures 1.5 mm long. Your thumb nails measure 1.5 cm long. How many tardigrades can lie down and form a line along your thumb nail?
Without water, a human can survive about 100 hours while a tardigrade can survive decades. How many hours are there in 1 decade?
If a tardigrade stretches 1.5 mm long but curls up into a ball in the tun state. What's the diameter of the ball?
A tardigrade has eight legs, while a human has only two. If X tardigrades and Y humans have together 26 legs, what X and Y could be?