Wtf?

They put the tardigrades onto surfaces cooled to below -226 degrees Fahrenheit (-143 degrees Celsius), and covered the tiny creatures in anisole, an anise-scented organic compound.

If it’s not enough that they froze them, then they covered them in licorice flavor and tattooed them with it. I literally didn’t realize you could torture something so.

Next thing you know they’re gonna form tardigangs!

Here’s a song about tardigrades that I often get stuck in my head

https://youtu.be/aCkSr0ugTIM

I’m sure nobody knew how cruel human tattoos would be to our survival either but look at us now…

Ah yes, exactly what I tell my boss when I do stupid stuff for fun

Aww, poor lil guys :(

At least we can identify if it was an HP, Xerox, or Brother printer that printed these tardigrades

They did surgery on a grape