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Extension:
===Find out more about the types of plants or animals that prefer to live in a warm/cool environment or bright/dim environment. You may even want to find out on those that can survive in extreme conditions in terms of temperature or the amount of light.===

__The Tardigrade (or Water Bear)__

Source #1: http://sun.iwu.edu/~tardisdp/tardigrade_facts.html

Source #2: (From book "Self-Harming Parrots and Exploding Toads" by Francesca Gould and David Haviland) "The tardigrade is a microscopic animal that grows to just over a millimetre in length, and looks a bit like a woodlouse. There are more than nine hundred species of tardigrade, and they are found almost everywhere on Earth; in lakes, oceans, and on land. They can swim or walk, and their loping bearlike gait is the reason for their other name: the water bear. "Despite their size, tardigrades are immensely tough. They can survive at temperatures lower than minus 250 degrees Celsius (minus 418 degrees Fahrenheit). They are effectively radiation-proof, and they can withstand pressures of more than 6,000 kilograms per square centimetre, which is more than six times greater than the pressure of sea water at a depth of 10,000 metres. They can survive being frozen, dehydrated, or even sent into space. When civilisation collapses, and all that's left is a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the tardigrade will endure."

~Arielle Koh