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Source:Tardigrades are among the most tenacious creatures on Earth
Regular readers of our website are probably familiar with the amazing abilities of microscopic creatures called tardigrades. These creatures are known for having survived all the mass extinctions on our planet and can live in extreme conditions. For example, they may need up to 30 years to survive under water with temperatures up to -20 degrees Celsius, when injected into liquid oxygen and helium and even stay alive after . But recently, scientists from Denmark have found their one weak spot, due to the presence of which these amazing creatures can die now observed with increasing temperature of the Earth.
About the opening of scientists from the University of Copenhagen was described in a scientific publication . Scientists were already aware that tardigrades are perfectly adapted to cold conditions, but less resistant to extreme heat. In previous studies of other groups of scientists, it was found that at a temperature of 60 to 65 degrees Celsius these beings live for ten hours, and at 150 degrees in just half an hour. Based on this, researchers began to wonder how long live tardigrades through prolonged heat, which has been observed .
why tardigrades die?
Amazing vitality of the animals due to the fact that they are able to take in the so-called state of anhydrobiosis. Generally in contact with extreme conditions, tardigrades go into "dried" condition in which their limbs pull and take a barrel shape. Their body is minimal amount of moisture, due to which they shrink and slow down the metabolism.
the image shows A tihohodka in the active state and B — state of anhydrobiosis
In the course of scientific work, scientists figured out how high temperatures affect the active animals and animals that are in anhydrobiosis. The study used the tardigrades Ramazzottius species varieornatus who in large numbers are found in the waters of Denmark. As it turned out, when the water temperature is equal to 37,1 degrees Celsius, half the population of animals die just days later. While individuals who lived in water with slowly rising temperatures, dying in of 37.6 degrees.
Tihohodka species Ramazzottius varieornatus
Tardigrades in "dried" state, in turn, during the day killed at a temperature of 82.7 degrees Celsius. But this is only under the condition that thermal effects did not last more than an hour. But if the water temperature is kept high during the day, amazing creatures were killed even after is 63.1 degrees. At this moment scientists discovered the weakness of the animals — they can't survive at a constant heat.
Many the question may arise — why in previous studies tardigrades survived for 30 minutes at 150 degrees Celsius, and in this research work suddenly began to die at 63 degrees? This is probably due to the fact that the studies used different types of these creatures. In this, as mentioned above, the tests were carried out on living in water specimens.
According to the researchers, their discovery is yet another proof that our planet is harmful to all living organisms without exception. It is likely that some animals will still be able to adapt to new conditions, but some of them, even the most tenacious, it may not succeed.
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