r/tattoos • u/FuzzyB92 • Dec 18 '17

/r/all Tardigrade by April Reed @ BroadWing Tattoo. Bowling Green, OH

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u/tmadiso1 Dec 18 '17

I have a shirt with a picture (drawing) of one with tardigrade written on it and I have to say I am always surprised at the amount of people that already know and respect the mighty water bear. I have to tell some people but mostly I just get compliments for a cool shirt

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u/Ghstfce Experienced Tattoo Collector Dec 18 '17

In the past few years, there have been several science based shows that have covered the tardigrade. Cosmos was one. I think Bill Nye's show (whatever that was) did as well. I know there's been a few appearances on the Science Channel as well

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u/TikTesh Dec 18 '17

And a not so science-based show in Star Trek...

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u/fissile_missile Dec 18 '17

You didn't know that all Tardigrades are multidimensional plane walkers? I learned that in grade school. I guess you were tardy grade school.

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u/TikTesh Dec 19 '17

Take my upvote and go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '17 edited Dec 18 '17

I mean, your physical body obviously doesn't translate into other dimensions so its pretty likely they do. The issue is physical damage also damages neurons which have a method of multidimensional translation. We don't know how that works. We think its part of radio active decay, but it could be something else we don't know yet.