Space Teddy Bear Lyrics

Alright... it's time for a song about my favorite tiny organisms

You might know them as tarigrades but I prefer to call them Space Teddy Bears

Come on, Max and Charlotte, sing along!

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Tiny and small, but I'm strong and I'm tough

You can find me anywhere the landscape is rough

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

I'm a tardigrade, but I think you'll agree

Space Teddy Bear's a better name for me (That's right!)

I can survive without water or air

I hibernate just like a tiny polar bear

Eight pudgy legs but I'm not an arachnid

My body is resilient and I'm well adapted

Space can't hurt me, it's a mystery (Huh!)

I can live outside in microgravity

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Tiny and small, but I'm strong and I'm tough

You can find me anywhere the landscape is rough

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

I've got lots of friends all over the world

In the jungles, in volcanoes, in tornado swirls (Whoa!)

In the cities, in the swamps, at the bottom of the sea

Lots of pudgy teddy bears just like me (How cute!)

Go to a pond and take your microscope

My family's looking at you through a telescope

They're cheering me on from far away (Yay!)

As I blast off on this rocket bound for Mars today

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Tiny and small, but I'm strong and I'm tough

You can find me anywhere the landscape is rough

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

On your spaceship, you don't know I'm there

Mass so low, I'm almost lighter than air

I'll hang out on your backup camera lens

Decompression sickness doesn't give me the bends

Radiation can't keep me down

If I end up in your cooling pipes, I won't even drown

If you value science objectivity

You gotta take measures to get rid of me

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Hitching a ride on a robot's side

I'll be your little microscopic stellar guide!

A little… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah! (C'mon!)

Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!

Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!

What comes next, now that I'm here

I'll contaminate the Martian biosphere (Oh no!)

Invasive species, now I'm free to roam

Around this little planet that I now call my home

Gonna make it hard for them to see (Hmm...)

If life formed on this planet naturally

Wouldn't you guess, I brought some embryos

Gonna drop a few wherever this rover goes

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Hitching a ride on a robot's side

I'll be your little microscopic stellar guide!

A little… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

I'm a little cutie, I think you'll agree

But other planets shouldn't see the likes of me

Other biospheres that we should discuss

Are Europa, Io, Titan, and Enceladus

Once I'm there, my spread can't be reversed

So protect the solar system and keep me near Earth

Don't mess up the bioscience knowledge base

And clean your satellites before you put 'em in space!

I'm a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!

Hitching a ride on a robot's side

I'll be your little microscopic stellar guide!

A little… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah! (C'mon!)

Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!

Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!

Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!

Hitching a ride on a robot's side! (C'mon!)

Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!

Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!

Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!

I'll be your little microscopic stellar guide!