Rotifers from the bird bath with closeup SEM

Rotifers close up from the bird bath

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Tags:

• rotifer
• microscope
• protist
• SEM
• Trophi
• paramecia
• bird
• bath

[dlindeman]

They survive drying out and can be carried on the wind and on anything they dry on .

[dlindeman]

the sem are credited from the website in the title at the begining of the clip.

[mzh3000]

If they eat bad things to filter the water then.... what comes out the other end?

[jenngriggs]

@SmokescreenNinjaz rotifers are awesome! They don't cause diesase! They filter things. They can be seen in your fish tank at home (they will eat fish poop) and they are found where water sanitizing places are. They are actually helpful to us!

[holsterhottie]

Cool im studying microrginizims in science

[dequadix]

Sarà... ma io preferisco i rotiferi vivi semmai ripresi con illuminazione obliqua o un contrasto di fase. Il mastax non si trova in quel punto! Comunque notevole essere riusciti a fare un buon preparato del Philodina per il SEM con le ciglia distese.

[crayonstud]

nice capture!

[twothlesswonder]

Awesome clip! I've been watching phylodina, as well as many other microorganisms for a few years now and it's utterly fascinating how many there actually are out there. Most folks don't realize that the bulk of life on earth is in the form of microorganisms and without them, we would all perish within months.... It's true.....

[SmokescreenNinjaz]

Do they cause disease? The music's well scary, so I would assume yes...

[TheTotinator]

aaaand these things hitch rides on birds or do they live in the water?