Microscopic View of 5 uL Pond Water

[werewolf1623]

wtf i feel like never looking at water again lol

[Wiintendoh]

Never seen something more disgusting. :(

[VuglarVoyeur]

Amazing video yes, but what is that amazing song that ties the piece together so elegantly :P i tried to shazam it an nothing! nothing! help!

[surkvey]

@VuglarVoyeur

I agree! I've been up all night writing a lab report (it's 5:45) and this has been playing in the background, taking my tired mind somewhere nice.

[surelytempting]

@VuglarVoyeur click more info and they give you a link to purchase on amazon :D

[VuglarVoyeur]

@surelytempting HaHa was that there the whole time, Thanks!

I got to get my head out of the microscopes every now and then... :P

[CollaborationSeries]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THIS FOR ME?!

Today in Biology we were observing bits of algae/pond water under a microscope. My group came across what looked like a clear worm thing and it had some sort of orange blob inside it. My teacher said that orange blob was probably the stomach. Can anyone tell me what this life form is?!?

[117Alfonso]

what's ze magnification? HPO LPO oil immersion?



[surelytempting]

@117Alfonso 10x eyepiece x 10x objective (maybe even 20x... it's been like 3 years)... def no oil involved, just good ol' air.

[InnocentBearz]

Kill them with alchohol

[NorthForkFisherman]

@InnocentBearz I have a much better use for alcohol! *HIC*

[Aquaripure]

AWESOME video.  Thanks!

[THENAGY13]

how much was that microscope just wondering

[surelytempting]

@THENAGY13 recorded this in my microbiology lab during my undergrad at ucsc, think they told us if we broke the micropscopes we'd have to fork out something exorbitant like $9000

[THENAGY13]

@surelytempting thanks...... i dont think ill be pulling that out of my pocket anytime soon... im 13 soooo thanks

[Dynastar231]

At 0:40 was that a paramecium? Whatever it was, it was quite active...

[DAN5675able]

are those little thing uglena (sorry if i cant spell it) An oragnism the lives in freshwater ponds and streams. Feeds on algie?

[tashthebitch]

thats amazing i love microscope, how strong is ur one? i dontknow much about them but want one, im almost afraid to look thru them sumtimes incase of what i am going to see, so what are them things? are they harmful? bacteria? just things that are everywhere? please tell me haha

[surelytempting]

zeiss from i'd guess the early 90's. that's all i've got off the top of my head

[jackalope5000]

whats the brand and specs of your microscope?

[bdon694]

is that micro liters lol that a lot of shit love micro biology its sic

[RenaissanceMan1993]

@bdon694 Indeed. It's ironic how the smallest and most humble of organisms are far more interesting than the animals which have mutaited through billions of years of macro-evolution.

[eggsaladinthetub]

Hey?! What's this guy doing playing spore? I came here to look at pond water.

[surelytempting]

there's a bunch of stuff at 2:57, but big green rectangle I believe is some sort of diatom

[AnEscapedMind]

@surelytempting Those are bacteria UFOs

[look3w1]

Thats cool. I treid looking at pond water but the stupid slide cover squeezed it out. All that was left of it was this microscopic creature. :/

[spunkflunk]

that is so cool i looked at pond water for a science ecperiment at scool and we didnt have any movement at all on our slide =(

[surelytempting]

hehe yes indeed!

haven't looked over this video in a couple months and it is making me miss having access to a decent microscope

[Dimondsandjulz]

i did this today and i saw a worm thing and these little circles swimming round. Do you know what they are?

please write back

Julz

[Dimondsandjulz]

and wats that thing at 2:57

[LogicRising]

that's one mangled colony of carchesium that's for sure :P

My favorite is the parameciums.. I dunno, they just seem like they swim around like "i'm above all this crap"