Journey to the Microcosmos — Season 1, Episode 20: Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades

Episode synopsis

This week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrade. We'll discuss their weird weird mouths, how we take care of our tardigrades, and what's going to happen to those tardigrades that crashed into the moon.

About Journey to the Microcosmos

Take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Meet the Microcosmos
• E2How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
• E3Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
• E4How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
• E5Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
• E6Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
• E7How Do Protozoa Get Around?
• E8Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
• E9Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
• E10How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
• E11Death in the Microcosmos
• E12Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters