A water bear being 1/10th of the edge of a coin doesn't seem right, that'd be like 0.2mm and probably still visible. Did you miss a stage?
edit I'm totally wrong, apparently they can be up to 0.5mm. Crazy. Althought they're much smaller when young
A water bear being 1/10th of the edge of a coin doesn't seem right, that'd be like 0.2mm and probably still visible. Did you miss a stage?
edit I'm totally wrong, apparently they can be up to 0.5mm. Crazy. Althought they're much smaller when young
I had the same thought!
I had that same thought. Water bears are visible to the naked eye?! I had no idea.
.2 mm is pretty darn small. Also, keep in mind that they are mostly transparent.
Anybody else old enough that they immediately think of Charles and Ray Eames when powers of ten come up?
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