Dogs of C-Kennel by Mick & Mason Mastroianni for September 20, 2022

Ewwww….

Also known as ‘water bears’ discovered in the 1700s. They are about the size of a period at the end of a sentence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

It is all part of the circle of itch.

I’m glad tardigrades are getting a little attention. They deserve a little press.

Just going to have a little scratch now.

When a planet blows up, some tardies survive the explosion then the vacuum & radiation of space. Space is big, but time is long. Some fall on planets with useful resources & their gut biome starts terraforming. They’re colony ships.

Fleas have fleas, and small things that bite ’em; and so on, and so on ad infinitum.

In sharp contrast to vermin such as fleas and ticks, tardigrades have no adverse impact upon other living things.

Only fair…..

It’s only fair…..

Pass it on.

Always something either bigger or smaller.

While looking up information online about tardigrades, one bit of information that popped up was too weird to ignore —“Tardigrade taking a poop”

My dog has fleas who also have fleas.

SHE KNOWS SHE KNOWS AND I KNOW SHE KNOWS AND I KNOW SHE KNOWS

The tardigrades are 1/4 to 1/3 the size of a flea. Drawn a little too small here. I would doubt the flea would let it in, being that big! :)