oh . . . now i'm in love with tardigrades / i'm so interested in connectivity and contacts - you made contact with me / great post / lot's of research and extra features / i appreciate your style
Fantastic article! I'd always found these little beasties so fascinating. But I do feel badly about the harsh testing they're subjected to. Nobody knows what the Tardigrade feels when subjected to these experiments. I've never liked ANY animal experimentation....not right 😢
You're most welcome. I love all the different beasties, even the alien like deep sea fish, especially the one who sports a wee headlight 😆. I love learning about the different species too, they all have a purpose on this beautiful Earth. I've learned how intelligent spiders are, they actually recognize you if you take the time to talk to them and interact. While I'm not fond of mosquitoes, they're purpose is food for the bats…. So I try to learn more about the animal kingdom and insects etc. etc. every chance I get.
Yes, it's really something..... I once had a spider suddenly appear and create its web in a hallway corner. A few houseflies had flown into the house, so after swatting the 1st one, I brought it over to the web and using chop sticks, I carefully placed it on the web, after greeting the spider & telling it I brought a "meal" present. The spider immediately went to the freshly killed fly body and started wrapping it up in silk and moved it to another part of the web ! Isn't that interesting? It happened the same way with the other flies too. Insects & arachnids are quite intelligent.
Dragonflies are very social too, as are bumblebees. I have a bumblebee story too, I'll tell you about it later.
I'd love to read your bumblebee story, maybe you can write it for your Substack!?! I have a piece about dragonflies, about their amazing migrations. I guess they must be social, flying around en masse 😉.
I love that little guy
Thank you, Wes, they're adorable, aren't they!
Simply amazing creatures. What would they be capable of if they were the size of a bear.
oh . . . now i'm in love with tardigrades / i'm so interested in connectivity and contacts - you made contact with me / great post / lot's of research and extra features / i appreciate your style
Thank you; yes, they're fascinating creatures! Glad you liked it. 😉
Fantastic article! I'd always found these little beasties so fascinating. But I do feel badly about the harsh testing they're subjected to. Nobody knows what the Tardigrade feels when subjected to these experiments. I've never liked ANY animal experimentation....not right 😢
But thanks again for such an interesting article.
Thank you, Diane, I'm glad to know there's somebody else who loves strange critters. And I totally agree, animal experimentation is ghastly.
You're most welcome. I love all the different beasties, even the alien like deep sea fish, especially the one who sports a wee headlight 😆. I love learning about the different species too, they all have a purpose on this beautiful Earth. I've learned how intelligent spiders are, they actually recognize you if you take the time to talk to them and interact. While I'm not fond of mosquitoes, they're purpose is food for the bats…. So I try to learn more about the animal kingdom and insects etc. etc. every chance I get.
I appreciate your great writing, thanks so much 🙏
I didn't know that about spiders! Definitely a topic for a future article! 😀
Yes, it's really something..... I once had a spider suddenly appear and create its web in a hallway corner. A few houseflies had flown into the house, so after swatting the 1st one, I brought it over to the web and using chop sticks, I carefully placed it on the web, after greeting the spider & telling it I brought a "meal" present. The spider immediately went to the freshly killed fly body and started wrapping it up in silk and moved it to another part of the web ! Isn't that interesting? It happened the same way with the other flies too. Insects & arachnids are quite intelligent.
Dragonflies are very social too, as are bumblebees. I have a bumblebee story too, I'll tell you about it later.
I'd love to read your bumblebee story, maybe you can write it for your Substack!?! I have a piece about dragonflies, about their amazing migrations. I guess they must be social, flying around en masse 😉.
I'll write it down as soon as I'm able….I'll let you tell me if you think it's worth putting on substack 🙂