Tardigrade By: Sam Charen 1) Type the name of your animal 2) type your name 3) include a picture of your animal 4) change fonts and colors to personalize. By: Sam Charen

Animal Facts Movement Diet Description Tardigrades are transparent. Their color range includes; white, red, orange, yellow, green, purple, black, you name it! The average size is 00.4in. (500 mm.) Or less. Tardigrades are plump and bilaterally symmetrical. Their weight is unknown, and they have skin called cuticle Diet Tardigrades are omnivores that eat algae, bacteria, plants ( mostly moss) ,even other tardigrades! Movement Tardigrades swim, crawl/walk, and get carried by the wind. Tardigrades swim by propelling themselves with their 4 pairs of legs. If they are on land they crawl around (not fast because tardigra means slow walker) with their 8 legs. 1) Type a description of your animal 2) Type whether your animal is an herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore and what does it eat? 3) text telling how your animal moves 4) pic showing your animal 5)change fonts and colors to personalize.

Habitat . 1) Map showing where your animal lives 2) pic of your animal in its habitat. 3) text telling where your animal lives, description of habitat, and any adaptations animal has to live in habitat 4) change fonts and colors to personalize. Tardigrades prefer wet and moist places but they can live almost anywhere, any temperature! They can even survive in space!!!

Life Cycle A baby tardigrade is born from an egg, over 5-16 days with 1-30 brothers/sisters. Baby tardigrades have the same look as the adults. Once thy are born no one takes care of baby. Babies eat their parents cuticle (that they mold) for food. tardigrades live from about 3 months to 2 ½ years they don’t live in groups but they technically do because they live so close together. 1) Info about when animal a baby 2) pic of your animal as baby or when young 3) text telling about animal changes as growing into an adult 4) pic of your animal as an adult 5) change fonts and colors to personalize.

Animal Interactions Tardigrades protect themselves by rolling into a tun. A tun is where a tardigrades roll up into a ball and they are practically invincible! The ways that tardigrades communicate are currently unknown, but scientists found out that they do react to certain light. The predators of tardigrades are, amoebas, nematodes, and even other tardigrades! 1) Info about animal adaptation that protects your animal 2) pic and caption of an adaptation 3) text telling about another animal interaction (enemy, predator, prey, etc) 4) pic and caption of enemy, predator, prey, etc. 5) change fonts and colors to personalize.

Interesting Facts No fever, no cold When is mommy coming home? Tardigrades don’t need both parents to lay eggs No fever, no cold Tardigrades can survive with temperatures up to 300F(148.9C!) and as low as -300F(200C) Tardigrades are a TON!? Tardigrades protect themselves by rolling into a tun, and tuns make them practically invincible! 1) Fact #1 and picture 2) fact #2 and picture 3) fact #3 and picture 4) change fonts and colors to personalize.