Watch the birth of a tardigrade under a microscope: a rare glimpse of a water bear hatching

Watch this incredible video of a baby tardigrade hatching! Jam's Germs, also known as James the microbiology enthusiast, spent 4 days attentively checking on the clutch of eggs every 4 hours to capture this incredible moment. James explained in an Instagram post he was unable to record the first 31 eggs hatching as there had been too much dirt on the slide. However, one single unhatched egg had separated from the others. He decided to record the lonely egg, which fortunately began to hatch over