Paramecium eating pigmented yeast

[jimmybow321]

music is AMAZING!!!!!!!



[Thompsonma22]

wooooo love the music!

[vananhdo]

I'd die if I were a paramecium. No internet?!

[Eminicrispy]

Maple Leaf Rag :D

[Hocke743]

Ah, to be a paramecium, sliding around and eating yeast without a care. I'm a little jealous haha!

[RandomSlurpiness]

How'd i get here, i was just watching minecraft?

[tweeniegirlz]

Cute I m lernin this!!

[NuclearNympho]

Do you have a video of a Paramecium sitting on a mini toilet pooping out the digested yeast?

[FEAROWNAGE]

These things are so cute

[NuclearNympho]

@FEAROWNAGE the yeast or the Paramecium?

[FEAROWNAGE]

@NuclearNympho The Paramecium

[Random136studios]

hey were could i find a simple amoeba??? ive tried rain water to small puddles in my backyard..

[FEAROWNAGE]

@Random136studios Try a pond

[flemishnoobit]

mmmmmmmm..... yum , yeast

[LivAwesomeAmor]

This so freaky and cool... What's the with the music?! :D

[cheezeydude]

i like the music :)

[masterOFpuppets06]

Science!

[dooberry20]

@masterOFpuppets06 shut up, i hate when ppl say it like that.

[NorthForkFisherman]

@dooberry20 Right, it needs to be said like this: SCIENCE!

[dooberry20]

@NorthForkFisherman People who usually use the word like that, know barely anything about real science and usually don't have any appreciation for it.  At least that has been my experience.

[SteveTheGardenHose]

The music makes this incredibly funny for some reason

[tremirame]

GET IN MY BEEELAH!!!!!

[snyderj561]

Isolated his brother today in my lab class. Once you slow him or her, ha , with protoslow.

[flaggschiff]

im paramecium and im here... to... eat... ur... FACE! NOM NOM NOM

[Kvokki]

Soo.. if that is a cell, just how much smaller is an atom?

[psykoesj]

@Kvokki a zilion times smaller

[dylan3657]

@Kvokki 0.1 NM diameter for hydrogen atom

[jericoferrari55]

Bumper Cars

[mrhmathsci]

That kind of reminds me of brine shrimp eating yeast.

[mrhmathsci]

hi. How come you can catch the paramecium? it move very fast!!!

[MeatfortoeatALT]

@mrhmathsci You know, there are fluids you can put cells in that slows them down.

[VERYevilVIDEOop]

wheres the oral groove?

[harlinwheels]

Hey just wondering, I am doing this in my next Extended Experimental Inquiry- because Congo red is carcinogenic- would using blue litmus dye for the yeast work? Obviously the colours would be reversed (with blue litmus dye... blue = basic, red = acidic). Thanks

[wxfix]

@harlinwheels Personally, I've never tried it. The reason I picked the Congo red was because it was the "least biologically hostile" of what I happened to have on the shelf at the time of the recording. If you test this demo out with the litmus, let us know how you made out. Good luck

[DaretoSimplify]

teeheee this was fun to watch XD

love the music haha :) 

[areweonthaair]

I will now add unfitting music to an aphex twin music video opportunity

[spr1ng0ni0n]

I always wanted to be a Paramecium in my next life... And now I am totally sure. This is a very happy bunch indeed. Those guys have so many mouths - voracious little chumps. I will be so happy then! And when I'm done eating and swimming around and I want to procreate, I just duplicate! So much fun altogether.

[fkoff99]

Beautiful

[dreamtheateriano95]

PARAMECIUM-CORE MUSIC!!!

[WBCohorn]

What song is that?

[bearrider12]

@WBCohorn maple leaf rag by scott joplin. sounds much nicer on a piano

[AICEX3000]

life is complicated learning isnt ..ck this music please i didnt hear stupid music on that sceintology s...s videos

[MetroidJr1220]

Man, life is so freakin' complicated ._.

[MaeradOfPellinor]

Great vid.! I love paramecium...they are probably my favorite creatures--no joke. great video!! :) thanks for posting!

[clearliquid]

someone call peta! cruelty to yeast!!

[blazednlovinit]

0:05 floater

[Wilsondano1]

stupid american paramecium

[Shydrasnake]

Does there exist a book about all species of micro-organisms? Because I'm getting a microscope soon and I'll put things like a drop of ditch water under it and such. Or are 'micro-organisms' too general for a book?

[wxfix]

@Shydrasnake The title that come to my mind is called "How to know the protozoa" H.E. Jaques. I was using a really old edition dated 1949. They probably have newer editions by now but that was the title of the guide I used to learn most of what I know at this point.

[Shydrasnake]

@wxfix Okay, thanks!

[JJengineering]

Actually i've watching vids like this for days,and every time i get online,

i watch THIS one!

with that freaking catchy tune!

I d'love to see the reaction of the paramecium to the beat of that :P

Thanks again for the upload! WE appreciate it!

Greetings JJ

[kwilliams3161]

where did u get the paramecium?

[chaosarcee]

i just got a microscope and got water from a steam and looked at it but all of the creatures are dead. Do u have any suggestions where to get stuff?

[wxfix]

@chaosarcee Still water works best. Try a pond or a really old puddle. If it's stinky, that'll tip you off to the fact that "somebody is passing gas" & you should find someone in there. Good luck.

[CutupDuke]

@chaosarcee boiling water kills whats in it

[dt28469]

Holy crap! this song is catchy as hell!!!

[1958boomergirl]

@dt28469 I noticed that, too. That Maple Leaf Rag song really is catchy! Now, I'll probably have it in my head for several days!

[Thijsterhaar]

8 people didn't pay attention during class.

[Wrathchild1995]

@Bl4ckst0r1 Hier :)

[Wrathchild1995]

@Bl4ckst0r1 Hier! :)

[smokeyflea]

I love watching them jiggle and jive in 3D.. In a text book or photograph, the microscopic world appears flat and 2 dimensional.

[lisajes7]

i watched that in school

[DRR95]

@lisajes7

me 2!

xp

[kidrider206]

PARAMECIUM EAT RED YEAST WHILE I PLAY UNFITTING MUSIC.

Anyone?

No?

dang. another bad pun.

[SmashingKinpumps]

what a lard

[anthonyyaboyant]

what species is this paramecium



[wxfix]

@anthonyyaboyant P.caudatum

[cutekayle]

can someone explain what are they,,??

[montanaotter]

Wow. The yeast cells are tiny compared to the parameciums.

[NYtassu]

Spore!

[Pinoylegend707]

phagocytes are cool

[dabowl234]

so totally the wrong music for this video :P

[BranislavDJ]

Paramecium: "BARP!"

[godkingRoss]

yay! pac man for geeks

[Zepherus2]

We did this exact thing in microbio. Good times.

[TheDog9892]

how is this cruel the happy thing loves to get stuffed

[dt28469]

Hmm. I find this music strangely attracting and rythmic.

[Ghostmonsters]

that music

[biotekagr]

omgod your hurting that poor thing!!

[Ghostmonsters]

@biotekagr ;-;

[duck24x]

Perfect music to go with a great video!

[therealsuperhobo]

OMG this bacterial cruelty!!!1

[wxfix]

@therealsuperhobo Actually, fungal cruelty. yeast is a fungus

[argeque]

Poor thing is getting zerg-rushed.

[welcomeToUrMooseyFat]

love the music ^_^ how did you get the paramecium to stay like it did? i have only found one that did that for me!

[mynameisnottoolong]

@welcomeToUrMooseyFat you can add Glycerol to the water it will make it thicker.

[orenco]

Is it bad to eat pure yeast?

[blueroan4]

haha, cool

[stevensartifacts]

@wxfix thank you!! that's it! rotifers!

[stevensartifacts]

i got some Chaos (Pelomyxa) carolinensis from Carolina Bio supply--- i've seen paramecium in the culture, but there are these other long things about the size of paramecium, that sometimes suck up food, and sometimes open their heads into too circular 'weapons' with super fast rotating cilia (like chainsaws) that whip food into their mouth----

what are these things???

[mikemmb73]

@stevensartifacts I have seen those too i was wondering they were also.

[wxfix]

@stevensartifacts sounds like it could be a species of rotifer.

[excelsistenz]

can you tell me how you prepared the yeast stained with congo red... also,, did you apply something that made the paramecium move slower???

[wxfix]

1) I made sure i had a happy bunch of paramecium.

2) I put 1/2 envelope (1tsp or so) of regular bread yeast in 100ml warm water. Then I let it sit somewhere near 37C for a couple hours, till I saw a lot of bubbles in the center of the glass.

3) I added about a dozen or so drops of 1% congo red dye into the glass.

4)Meanwhile, I took a sampling of paramecium onto a depression slide. I waited a couple hours before I applied the congo red yeast.

5) Because it was cold, I didn't have to.

[foeasy16]

fat ass

[Beardactal]

Micro Kombat!

[Gurufail]

Thank you so much for posting this. We did a lab in biology and I didn't quite get to this part.

[RyanatorML2000]

Is there any way to "pick up" and move these microorganisms? I've tried to do it several times and ended up just moving them a bit to the side or squashing them.

[wxfix]

I use a disposable plastic pipette. You could try one of those "booger bulbs" folks use on babies to suck up your protists and put a drop or two on your slide.

[mrssasuke38385]

lmao its so cute haha

[CarinaSuda]

are these really fast as they seem?

[wxfix]

Yes. This video was shot in real time. This is not a compiled animation. In fact, Sometimes the paramecium move even faster than this.

[CarinaSuda]

wow really interesting. Thanks

[WRAYDAY]

yeah in lab we slow them down with a viscous substance called detain.

[bonec120]

yes, they can move extremely fast

[330626]

om nom nom nom nom nom nom

[hottdog2007]

same for this one. what staining was it.

[NightRunner417]

Great composition, very nice imagery and transitions and such. Lol the music kept making me want to crack up laughing like the old b/w Porky Pig was going to jump out any second, but great video nevertheless! :-)

[giggyjuju]

haha! my favorite microbe set to music! :)

[therealbjpenn]

I'm so stoned right now..... this is soooo funny lulz ;)

[marceloBOY10]

poor lil yeasty

[therealbjpenn]

I'm high watching this video right now. It's really entertaining bro. Rock on Paramecium dude!!!!

[AmarisLillith]

we did this experiment with biology too, but it didn't work properly so we watched this vid. paramecia are cool!

[SmeTTerLiinq]

naja bissel komisch

ich hab das thema gerade in bio und ist voll coool

[Sentinal3131]

1 star, the music was so fucking annoying

[jussipejulliano]

omg howmany of these do I dring everyday x_x

[wxfix]

More than you want to know. I wonder how much e.coli and prions I eat whenever I have a hamburger

[Kikuneechan]

Lol. Nice. Thankies~ [:

[chuckles2much]

what magnification is this?

[wxfix]

Wide angles are 10x objective/10x ocular. (100x)

closer angles are 40x objective/10xocular. (400x)

[Sisifo2011]

the music makes this more awsome

[anthonyyaboyant]

what kind of paramecium is this,

[wxfix]

The original culture was P.caudatum. By the time I had shot this I had subcultured them several times. They still look like the P.caudatum, but evolutionary processes being what they are, who knows what they could be turning into

[Pepsi10]

I'd like to see an Amoeba vs a Paramecium death match.

[wxfix]

Amoeba feeds by JSMead is a good one.

[AdamElianTv]

Dude paramecium arent that awesome , ameobas can kick their butts :P

[wxfix]

Unless the amoeba gets infected with some bacteria. Then, it's anybody's mess.

[lawlight126]

Awesome !

^-^

[khelatar]

It's really amazing what a complex physiology they have although they're single-cell critters.

[TheCleeer]

nice soong! :D

[aahcfp]

mu guay

[zzareht]

i made this bacteria in my own big water bacteria grow thing! =D

[KurtMartinStaley2009]

Paramecia are awesome.... =3

[Activethrasher00]

rofl @ the song choice

[jmarcl089]

Fantástico!

[Marrepasdenom]

So much coolness here !

[akeliz22]

Lolz Omg Rofl XD

[dcpmynizzle]

whoa dude this video was super awsome said cam wells

[devilspjh]

what type of dog is this?

[hpribot]

This type of dog is the Devilspjhi dog. This is young and cocky with a small organ. Mostly over eats therefore with poor interacting skills. This type will stay this way and if it finds a mate will be of like nature.

[Rihn000]

wait that is a dog? same behaviors and....you know?

[noxvet]

Man, I sure am diggin' this midi tune...midis are my favorite. :)

Thanks Lenny M

[Fruuze]

they're so cute!!! Parameciums are my new favorite animal :D

BTW, they look like bumper cars at the beginning LOL

[youlittlewanker]

NERRRRDS AHHAHA OH

[xxMrBaldyxx]

we tried looking at these through a microscope in biology. these things move fast!

[TheFartoholic]

Makes me wanna play the cell stage in spore. :D

[AnimaRaptor]

O_o I have the game up now...

[Vandrandelik]

How long can these organisms live for?

[ripelivejam]

180 years

[anacrusisztc]

wow this is really cool, you can see how efficient the cillia are at moving water around the paramecium

[ungirly18oo]

hmmm..

does the paramecium moves that fast?

[wxfix]

It sure does. Sometimes, when they're really "hopped up" they move even faster...

[chiifu]

Ok....so i notice that after the yeast is directed into the oral grove by the cilia and forms into food vacuoles at the gullet they turn black as they get futher away from the gullet....so thats probably the yeast being obsorbed/digested.....are the black things just shells of a food vacuole that get excreted or is it still yeast?? what do you think?

[wxfix]

Sounds like you have the process down. The pH shift and the color change indicates digestion in progress. Eventually, the wasted remainder does get excreted. I didn't get that on video, but if you do a search you will likely find someone who did.

[squishyfroggie]

thank you so much! this helped me finish my lab report :) thanks!!

[mrsssparrow]

they are soooo cute! i <3 them. i just finished a lab on them

[rezamesmarian]

The food is stored in the phagocytic vacoules...

[RyanatorML2000]

Yes, yeast are usually 3-5 micrometers

(.003-.005 millimeters) in length, whereas Paramecium Caudatum is approximately 180-250 micrometers in length. Even other Paramecium species are much larger than yeast.

[smakoszlaki]

You're right... :-) Sorry.

[punktaboolacarelees]

woooooooow

[689316001]

W@w cool.. this was really helpful

[CurlyVogel]

creepy but cool! thanks btw. This is just what I need for bio

[piratica2000]

this is a very helpful video. however, the music is entirely useless

[wxfix]

Yes. I know.  I miss the original jazz soundtrack too!

[funfamily07]

i have a microscope and that is what i saw

[wxfix]

Excellent! Looks like you had some big fun with that volcano of yours. Have you played with the mentos yet? (it's really for outside)

[soulcitysigma]

i love the music, awesome footage too

[jdosn09]

So cool :)

[Clapraw]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[battleatbosworth]

fitting music lol

but...i dont really get how they actually eat..how do they really get it in there??

[stupedpoop]

well, some micro-organisms actually have mouths! But, to capture their "prey" they can use a bunch of ways to get it. although, if i'm not mistaken, paramecium have cilia(hairlike structures) to suck their "prey" into the mouth. and if it's a solid, then the "prey" goes to the food vacuole. and that's that!

[irbenson]

lol ty helpedme for my hw

[wxfix]

The paramecium have what is called an "oral groove". It's the mouth area that takes in whatever they choose to ingest. Unfortunately, the oral groove isn't very visible on this. If you look at other images of paramecium you will see something that looks like a slit or valley from the center of the animal to the anterior region. that slit or valley is the oral groove.

[battleatbosworth]

so its just a straight up hole? can it close? if not, how does it avoid eating things it doesnt want to?

how does it digest the food? does the food just freely float around through its body or is there a certian place where it is contained?

[EATshitanddrinkbleac]

the food is stored in the vacuoles i think

[mastaman405]

fat little cells

[maxhardcase]

My wife watched this video and feels that paramecium should not play the saxophone.

I'm not sure why. They seem to be pretty good at it.