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It hid in plain sight for months.
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Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are semi-aquatic, micro-animals that can survive in almost any environment.
The latest discovery, described by researchers in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Academy B on October 6, is actually a totally new species to science.
Pdo. chronocaribbeus is the most recently living tardigrade fossil ever documented.
This tiny creature lived during the Miocene epoch when a wide variety of land-dwelling mammals roamed the Earth.