It can survive temperatures as low as -270 degrees Celsius (-450 Fahrenheit) and as high as 150 (300 Fahrenheit). It can survive 1000 times the radiation that would kill a human being and can live without water for well over 100 years. So what is this super resilient animal? Meet the Waterbear
This tiny animal has 8 legs and survives by sucking juices out of moss. They have fully developed eyes and skin. It can survive such extreme conditions as it dehydrates itself completely, retracting its legs and curling up into a ball until conditions are good enough for it to eat and drink which can be up to 120 YEARS after it curls up. So this animal can literally come back from the dead.
These amazing animals have ever=n been subjected to the harsh vacuum of space. When brought back to earth, just by adding water, they came back to life and continued as if nothing had happened
image of a waterbear http://zeptarthestarman.tumblr.com/post/3518779757/water-bear-water-bear-paramacrobiotus
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