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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > I'd say: By far.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
> Somehow, saying that that's "hardcore" seems wholely inadaquat.
> Still, when you're that tiny, forces like gravity and inertia no longer
> apply to you.
But things like dehydration and radiation (UV or ionizing) do. Also,
I think vacuum and thousands of times normal atmospheric pressure do also
have a significant effect regardless of your size.
It's a popular thought experiment which animals would survive a nuclear
holocaust. It would probably be safe to say that tardigrades wouldn't even
*notice* such a thing and just mind their business as usual.
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- Warp
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