Nematodes In Lilliput

Added: In the second half of this video, watch for two large round elongated objects that I thought were stomachs in this worm. Turns out, they were eggs. I have found a large number of eggs in my samples recently, and did not know what they were until today. :o)

I first read of Nematodes infecting people when I was a kid in the 1950's. I could never find much information on them, if there even was much information on them. Consequently, for a person like me, it just made me more curious to know what they were.

While this variety does not infect humans, they like potato's in the ground, they are still interesting. I have never seen any animal that wastes so much energy. Usually, anything that has to find it's own food, meaning anything not human, never wastes a single erg of energy. These guys whip around from beginning to end, expending enough energy to light a small city.

They are also a pain in the butt, when trying to photograph something else in the water cause they stir it up and disturb everything.

Microscope: Nikon Fluophot Flourescence Research Microscope
Camera: Canon T1i w/ EOS to 23mm adaptor w/Nikon 10x Projector lens
Scope Settings: 15.1 MP Canon 1.6x Camera over 10x Objective

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