Скачать или смотреть The birth of a WATERBEAR 1000x magnification!

This is perhaps my most prized footage.

A waterbear hatches from an egg!

The process starts with the mumma waterbear growing the eggs inside - once the eggs are fully grown, the mumma waterbear will shed its skin and lay the eggs inside the skin at the same time.

This shed skin provides extra protection for the eggs as they continue to develop and grow the baby waterbears.

Once the waterbears are big enough, they hatch!

This is very difficult footage to obtain and really is a once-in-a-lifetime thing to witness!

The process happens pretty quickly - about 15 minutes.

I'm not really sure how long waterbears will stay in their eggs before hatching, so this was extremely fortunate timing!

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