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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Rotifers

No, I don't consider microorganism "pets" in the conventional, or even the Unconventional sense. Still they are fun to observe as long as you have a microscope.

My microscope is ancient and my slide is the glass of an old frame.... Still here are a couple of interesting videos of rotifers (Rotaria).




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amuAeCOZNjE
A rotifer making its way off stage...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXn1cTCzOP8
Try to observe the particles around the rotifer's head moving as it creates a stream

1 Comments:

At 8:27 AM, Blogger Gabriel said...

Hey, I've embedded the videos. Unfortunately I haven't got the originals with me so I can't send them to you. Hope that helps :) Would very much like to see the animation is you're not using it for commercial purposes!

 

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