Tardigrade and life-saving buoy
"My dear friend! Today I was given a life-saving buoy (we all got one). I must write this down - very important! - the rule number one for all us - Tardigrades - to wear a life-saving buoy not lower than the second pair of paws. Otherwise, I can roll over in the water.
I Have to go. We are going to drink tea! ( Still I don't understand why we always get to drink hot tea.)"
- From WIkipedia: Tardigrades, known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ("little water bear"). In 1777, the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them Tardigrada, which means "slow steppers".
Original acrylic painting on canvas, 15x15 cm.
