Tardigrade

It's a slow walker despite its eight legs
but coping with extremes it can do best

It can take six times the pressure in the deepest ocean trench
It even survives the vacuum of space, where we have no chance

This life form exists everywhere

Consider this a serenade
for a die-hard little critter named Tardigrade
This microscopic invertebrate
is nearly impossible to exterminate

Consider this a serenade
for a die-hard little critter named Tardigrade
This microscopic invertebrate
is nearly impossible to exterminate

Not affected by full exposure to the sun
It's immune to shots with heavy ions or a gamma ray gun

Heat it, or freeze it close to absolute zero: it survives
cryptobiotic for decades, from a deathlike state it revives

It's hard to find a more resilient kind

Consider this a serenade
for a die-hard little critter named Tardigrade
This microscopic invertebrate
is nearly impossible to exterminate

Consider this a serenade
for a die-hard little critter named Tardigrade
This microscopic invertebrate
is nearly impossible to exterminate

Consider this a serenade
for a die-hard little critter named Tardigrade
This microscopic invertebrate
is nearly impossible to exterminate