Jam's Germs on Instagram: "This tardigrade is eating a little alga snack.😋 . Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are multicellular organisms with a simple brain and bodies made up of a few thousand cells. They use specialized mouthparts to feed: the “V”-shaped structures are needle-like stylets, which they can extend and retract to pierce cells. The bulb-like structure behind them contracts to create suction, pulling food in through the tube-like mouth. . There are over 1500 described speci

Jam's Germs on Instagram: "You are watching these tardigrades “doing it” with their little pitch-black eyes looking around shamelessly. Please forgive me for using so many euphemisms to describe this process, as I try not to get flagged by the social media platform. . Tardigrades, or commonly known as water bears, are microscopic animals; they have four pairs of legs, two pitch-black eyes, and some species have the will to “bump uglies” for two hours straight, for real! 😂 Over the past couple o

Jam's Germs on Instagram: "This little tardigrade poops and an amoeba crawls into it. 😂 I recorded this footage almost eight years ago, and it was the first time I ever saw a water bear poop. I was so excited to see it. 😂 . Tardigrades are microscopic animals with a very simple brain and around a thousand cells in their entire body. As I quickly learned, they are also notoriously active poopers. They poop all the time. In some species with separate sexes, males locate females that are ready to