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But tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are among the toughest survivors evolution has ever carved out.—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic animals that can survive for years without food or water.—Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2019 Guided by their teachers, nearly 30,000 Danish schoolchildren, ages 7 to 16, helped scientists from the Natural History Museum of Denmark catalog tiny, water-dwelling animals known as tardigrades, or water bears, and their microhabitats.—Paulina Rowińska, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025 For those who don’t know, tardigrades are more commonly known as moss piglets or water bears.—Rachel Clark, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for water bear
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