"Don’t pour bleach down your drain, alright? 😅⁠ ⁠ I even found tiny amoebae! Don’t freak out just yet though, these organisms aren’t dangerous for us at all. They eat bacteria and fungi from your sink! And when they die, bacteria eat them. Just don’t go and eat that black sink crust alright?⁠ ⁠ Rotifers and nematodes are virtually everywhere; in soils, freshwater, marine water, mosses, lichens, in your sinks and some even chill in your washing machine filter.⁠ ⁠ Along with tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes can enter a dormant state called cryptobiosis. When in this state, they can survive desiccation, meaning the complete loss of water from their body, for long periods. Rotifers can either enter cryptobiosis to escape fungal parasites but also to survive extreme cold or exposition to ionizing radiations. In a study from June 2021, a Bdelloid rotifer retrieved from the Arctic’s permafrost was able to come out of anhydrobiosis after being frozen for 24,000 years! No wonder they can s...