Sentences with phrase «moss piglet»
The marine tardigrade (Actinarctus doryphorus ocellatus) is also known as a water bear or moss piglet, names that suggest size and heft.
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Researchers have finally seen inside the elusive moss piglet using a new laser scanning microscope.
Tardigrades — also known as water bears and moss piglets — hardly ever borrow DNA from other creatures, researchers report July 27 in PLOS Biology.
Known as tardigrades, their cylindrical bodies, stumpy legs and tiny claws have earned them the nicknames of «water bears» and «moss piglets».
The hardy, microscopic animals also known as moss piglets and technically called tardigrades have scavenged about 17.5 percent of their genes from other creatures.