Monday, 6 July 2020

Can you spot ?

Can you spot this amazing creature featured on the Woodland Trust site as one of ten strange creatures?


Known as a Water Bear or Moss Piglet this eight-legged creature can survive in outer space! They feed on small insects and can grow up to 1.5mm in length. Amazingly they always have the same number of cells in their bodies meaning that their cells just get bigger as they grow rather than dividing to increase in size.

Look for them in damp places, stone walls where there are mosses and lichens.

Happy hunting.


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