#Microscope

Two stentor species in a single sample. While not totally uncommon, it’s still exciting 💙 🔬 Olympus BX51 w/ DIC 🎥 iPhone + ilabcam 🏷️ #science #microscope #artinnature

How can you observe tardigrades? You take a look at moss: their natural habitat! Our friend @tardibabe took a look and found tardigrades from two genera: Milnesium and Macrobiotus. Milnesium tardigrades have long, pointy claws and a decorated snout, which help them grab, manipulate, and stabilize their prey. Macrobiotus have shorter claws and a simpler snout, which makes them vegetarians feeding off of algae and plant cells, with the occasional relapse into a carnivorous diet when feeding on microscopic animals. It also allows them to slurp out of air bubbles. These animals highlight some of the biodiversity that can be found in microscopic environments! @Tardibabe safely returned them to their natural habitat after taking a quick look. #Science #Microscope #Microscopy #Animals #Tardigrade

A tardigrade!!! 😱 Here are the microorganisms I found: 1. Water fleas. These are microscopic crustaceans named Scapholeberis! I love how they have a little spike and some black pigments. These melanin pigments are found on the body parts facing towards light. Some research have shown that melanin would protect these creatures from photo damage! 2. Water bear. Found this little tardigrade walking around some green algae! Check out my tardigrade posts to learn more about them little babes 3. Red water mite. Unlike spiders, their close relatives, mites found ways to colonise under water habitats. There are thousands of aquatic mite species, mostly living in freshwater springs, streams, lakes and temporary pools, although some can be found in salt water 4. Mosquito pupa. Mosquitoes go through 4 stages: eggs, larva, pupa and adult! Here you can see the pupa with the future eyes and antennae. 5. Phacus gigas. This green leaf is an algae that can be found in freshwater habitats around the world. They swim with their flagellum located in front of the cell. The red eyespot is a photoreceptor responsible for detecting light! With this, Phacus can orient itself and swim toward a light source and ultimately produce energy by photosynthesis! 6. Gieysztoria sp. A free-living flatworm gliding aided by thousands of cilia. This one was around 0.7mm and you can even see their little black eyes, used to detect light 7. Synchaeta sp. This is a planktonic rotifer that usually zoom around super fast. Rotifers are among the smallest animals on earth! They possess a ciliated corona on their head which is used to attract food particles but also to swim around freely! The single dark eye is also visible as well as the stomach filled with algae. The most visible structure is probably the v-shaped pharynx muscle! 8. Dinobryon sp. These golden algae live in colonies that form multiple branches, making them look a bit like wheat, don’t you think? Every gold bean is a single cell encased in a protective shell called the lorica. Each cell possess two unequal flagella whipping around, a short and a long one, enabling them to move around.

Today we are looking for tardigrades! #science #microscope #asmr

Un string au microscope ! #microscope #science

I find it amazing that wasps can make a material so similar to the paper we humans produce. Similar raw materials, similar process, similar results. . Wasps use wood fibers that have been chewed and mixed with saliva to create a network of interwoven strands, which they then mold into the structure of their nest. At the microscopic level, this wasp paper is remarkably similar to lens paper. . The wasps create a natural composite material by mechanically breaking down plant fibers and binding them together. Lens paper, on the other hand, is manufactured from purified cellulose and designed to be soft, consistent, and non abrasive for lenses. . Biology is amazing! . For these videos I used an Olympus CX31 microscope at up to 200x magnification. #microscope #wasps

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How many organisms am I? Did you know more than HALF of the cells in your body are non-human cells? We think of ourselves as one organism, but really we’re a whole civilization... Don’t worry, by weight and volume, you’re still mostly human - because those cells are so big in comparison. But by cell count? You’re outnumbered! If you want more optimistic science and tech stories, follow for more of our show Huge If True. #science #animals #microscope #stem #animation

Did you know there is an animal that is biologically immortal? 🧬🌿 Quinten Geldhof, also known as @microhobbyist, spotlights Hydra viridissima, a freshwater organism. Thanks to constantly renewing stem cells, this tiny relative of jellyfish can regenerate indefinitely, with each piece growing into a whole new animal and offering powerful clues about aging and regeneration. Scientists are studying this microscopic marvel to better understand longevity and how our own bodies repair themselves. #Microbiology #Microscope #Microorganisms #Science #UpClose

Me and @mundaymicroscope up close with a single cell 💙 🔬 Olympus BX51 w/ DIC 🎥 iPhone + ilabcam 🏷️ #science #microscope

Що в середині термометра - дивимось під мікроскопом ##ртуть #термометр #мікроскоп #microscope

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