SIMON GABRIELOW Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Can anyone tell me what this thing is here.. which is on the often annoying Google ads strip, that appears on your screen, I often delete!? Looks like a bag pipe, crossed with a piglet to me?!! ππππππππππ Β 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester Bailey Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 It's a stuffed toy tardigrade at a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 Well, I have heard of stuffed all kinds of things! But a stuffed tardigrade! That's a microscopic animalcule, 'water bear')! Sorry, admin.. nothing to do with concertinas but I had to wonder what the heck it was! The mind truly boggles!!!π€ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Hereβs a real tardigrade. Looks like a pretty good match to me. Β Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Ways Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Tardigrades are very easy to find if you have a microscope. Just pull out some algae from a slow-moving stream, and it won't be too long before you stumble upon one. Tardigrades are in their own phylum, and they have a very interesting life cycle that includes a very resistant form of itself that can remain viable for very long periods when things dry out. Β It's always fun to find one!Β Brings back some good memories from college days. π Β Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Noel Ways said: ...Tardigrades are in their own phylum... Now there's a word you won't often see in a music-related context (tardigrade too, I guess)? Thank you for brightening the start of my day...πΒ Β There seem to be plenty of toy tardigrades available, if you are that way inclined... Β The world clearly needs a tardigrade emoji - the best we have so far is this rather unconvincing text representation:Β Β Β ΰΆ( ___ )γ₯Β Β βΉοΈ Β Edited August 12, 2023 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 Yes, I have a microscope and have seen these in water! And other weird things as other- worldly as you would ever imagine possible! Daphnia, sort by of living plankton, and protozoa, what you may have in your stagnant cuppa, ..! To keep it relevent to Con.net I have got a tune to fit the thought somewhere.. ( sorry!)..I will have to look for it!!π Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 I found me tune! I wrote it last year. [2022]. Man within Amoeba! [is the title]. Need not say more [!].. it's in tunes videos section!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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