This tiny tardigrade (aka moss piglet) is stretching after eating a meal, seen here as the dark patch in its belly. At only 500microns in length, this was observed under a microscope. ​ ​ Credit: IG/@microbialecogy | IFLScience

How can you observe tardigrades? You take a look at moss: their natural habitat! Our friend Chloé Savard, also known as tardibabe on Instagram took a look and found tardigrades from two genera: Milnesium and Macrobiotus. Milnesium tardigrades have long, pointy claws and a decorated snout, which help them grab, manipulate, and stabilize their prey. Macrobiotus have shorter claws and a simpler snout, which makes them vegetarians feeding off of algae and plant cells, with the occasional relapse int