Behold: the first recorded image of a tardigrade

The first recorded image of a tardigrade comes from a 1773 study by German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze.
In December 1772, Goeze gathered samples from stagnant water and discovered the "animalcules" within some duckweed, a small, floating aquatic plant commonly found in freshwater ponds, lakes, and stagnant water bodies. — Read the rest
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