#micro-animals

Thank you so much to @caulo who found the store for oversea buyers: https://tardy.stores.jp/

They do ship worldwide for only 990 yen flat rate too!

Also, I checked the variants of those tardigrade plushies and found this gem:

“He looks evil, but is actually coward. He loves meat balls.”

Tardigrade dance

Tardigrades: Nature's Tiny Survivors

Did you know? Tardigrades can survive extreme conditions! Discover their amazing abilities.

This strange, chubby little microscopic fellow is what is known as a tardigrade, or a “waterbear”.

The waterbear is capable of surviving in the most extreme environments on (and off!) the planet.  Their ability to go without food or water for as long as 10 years (during which they will almost completely dry out, and go into a form of stasis) enables them to endure temperatures above 100°C and at absolute zero, pressure greater than the force of the deepest oceanic trenches, doses of radiation hundreds of times higher than what it takes to kill a human, and even the vacuum of space.  All it takes is a little drop of water to bring these resilient little critters right back to proper fighting form.