It's often said cockroaches could withstand a nuclear explosion, but the tardigrade or 'water bear' just proved to be even more invincible.
Researchers revived two water bears that have been frozen for 30 years and one of them survived.
Not only did the creature survive its icy prison, but it laid 19 eggs – 14 of them successfully hatched.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3401760/The-water-bear-really-invincible-Tardigrade-defrosted-frozen-30-years-survived-laid-eggs.html#ixzz3xPjihN1J
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