Explanation:
A forest - Type of ground cover
Mountaineers - Elevation
Coastal Florida - Proximity to the water body
Countries - Latitude
It was not until the year of 1952!
They survive without water by entering a special mode, otherwise called as shriveling. They can lose even 95% of water in their body and still live, even though they would look like dead plants, they would actually be alive. In the absence of water, tardigrades use a sugar called trehalose, which becomes their source of life until they find some water.
