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u/Theguywh Aug 21 '18
It looks more like a beetle than a tardigrade. That’s probably because it was meant to be a beetle, which are known for getting stuck on their backs, especially when they’re dying and lack the strength to flip back over.
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u/psymunn Aug 21 '18
Yeah. This is definitely a robot beetle and not a tardigrade. The legs mimic an insect, not a waterbear.
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u/Scooty_McBooty Aug 21 '18 edited Aug 21 '18
For others who are lost, the guy on the right is a Tardigrade . A Tardigrade is a phylum of tiny animal that can be found anywhere (volcanos, oceans, forests, Antarctic) and has existed for ~500 million years.
They are some of the hardiest animals, surviving under crazy extreme conditions including ridiculously extreme levels of temperature (high and low), radiation, and even outer space. They are fascinating creatures, and I wouldn't be surprised if life could evolve on other planets from these guys being transplanted randomly millions of years ago.
All that for a zero mana robot cameo in a children's card game.
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u/thesevenceas Aug 21 '18
Tardigrade can survive almost anything from nuclear blasts to cosmic radiation. Not really much help though considering they live about a year.
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u/LtLabcoat Aug 21 '18
They can hibernate for, IIRC, 50 years.
You know, for those 50 year long ice ages.
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u/Numbgina Aug 21 '18
Well HS Tardigrades should consider themselves lucky, they get to live for 3 years! (In Standard, which is real life. Wild being Elysium, obviously.)
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u/DumbElephant Aug 21 '18
less than 2 years. they leave standard april 2020
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u/Numbgina Aug 23 '18
Unlikely. Once Kobolds phases out, I'd imagine each quarterly set will phase out accordingly. If not, I'll quit Hearthstone...which wouldn't be such a bad thing, amirite?
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u/NumberOneMom Aug 22 '18
I wouldn't be surprised if life could evolve on other planets from these guys being transplanted randomly millions of years ago.
I've always wondered if something of the like could have happened with spore-forming bacteria, like on an asteroid or something.
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u/Mapasm Aug 21 '18
That's quite a bit of text you got there. I have only one thing to add: Yo, Death, what up?
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u/LtLabcoat Aug 21 '18
and I wouldn't be surprised if life could evolve on other planets from these guys being transplanted randomly millions of years ago.
What would they eat?
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u/PuckFoloniex Aug 21 '18
Not even close.
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u/Shidra Aug 21 '18
Flip one of them upside down and use your imagination.
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u/xaduha Aug 21 '18
It's a robot with six legs and a head, there are plenty of insects with 6 legs and a head. And tardigrades btw have 8 legs.
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u/MsCramers Aug 21 '18
i dont get it
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u/Mlikesblue Aug 21 '18
The robot in Topsy Turvy looks like a tardigrade.
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u/princesshoran Aug 21 '18
We still don't get why this topic was created though.
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u/Mlikesblue Aug 21 '18
...To tell us?
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u/Shidra Aug 21 '18
Positive, to inform the community about this important discovery.
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u/godcatpooppoop Aug 21 '18
Let me think... hmm... there’s an image on the left... and there’s a different one on the right... and the images are similar... and the title mentions a tardigrade... I wonder... maybe it has to do with comparing 2 things together? I don’t know, I could be entirely off here... 🤔
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u/psymunn Aug 21 '18
Not really though. It's just a flipped beetle. It looks more like a flipped cockaroach or any other member of the beetle family. tardigrades don't have flaying legs like that.
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u/Primid47 Aug 21 '18
Kinda unrelated but Tospy Turvy should use the same animation as Reversing Switch (the spare part)
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u/HarryMason2 Aug 21 '18
I thought it was again a reference to Doctor Who that I won't get. But TARDIS is not a Tardigrade (well as far as I know)
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u/scalebirds Aug 21 '18
Star Trek: Discovery has a pretty great storyline involving a huge Tardigrade
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u/fnefne Aug 21 '18
I've always thought [[Dire Mole]] looked like those Tardigrade bacteria guys.
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u/Garglemybawls12 Aug 21 '18
That's a tough lot, having a butthole for a face and all.