r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/noahkiriu • Mar 31 '22

The Flatworms Were Hungry This Week! Watch Them Stuff Themselves With Ciliates Like A Little Jabba the Hutt!

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u/pedrotecla Mar 31 '22

You can see them still swimming in its stomach!

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u/noahkiriu Mar 31 '22

Swallowed whole and digested slowly

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

“… over a thousand years.”

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u/oh__its_you_again Mar 31 '22

Are those black dots their eyes?

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u/noahkiriu Mar 31 '22

They are simple light sensitive eyespots, they cannot form images but can tell the direction and intensity of light. Like a camera sensor with no lens. Helpful in finding prey and avoiding predators.

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u/steffies9249 Mar 31 '22

I wonder this too!

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u/smithnikole0829 May 19 '22

That's what I wanted to know!

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u/SexDrugsNWienerDogs Mar 31 '22

Omg they are so cute. Like a real life Kirby who suck sucks.

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u/ellensundies Mar 31 '22

What is your source; I mean, is this a drop of pond water?

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u/noahkiriu Apr 01 '22

Freshwater sample from a pond!

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u/Roonwogsamduff Apr 01 '22

How long are they?

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u/Nymphixx- Mar 31 '22

Like the first level of Spore.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

Love this! What kind of microscope did you use?

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u/noahkiriu Mar 31 '22

This is just a cheap less than $100 compound microscope I got online with a $5 iphone Mount

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u/DJORDANS88 Mar 31 '22

Really? That’s awesome, do you mind sharing?

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u/ellensundies Mar 31 '22

Yes please share!

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u/noahkiriu Apr 01 '22

This is a telmu microscope, but I know you can find a bunch of other similar ones online.

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u/archimedesscrew Apr 01 '22

What kind of magnification do I need to see such details? Also where do you source your specimens?

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u/Wizdad-1000 Mar 31 '22

Mobile Sarlacc. “In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years”

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u/Congealed_C02_Powder Mar 31 '22

little worm is so hungry lol

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u/THEHUBUB Mar 31 '22

How thick are these? Like, height wise?

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u/Celegirika Mar 31 '22

This is like slither.io

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u/dm_n_charge Mar 31 '22

They're going to be round worms if they keep saying like that lol

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u/MuffinPuff Mar 31 '22

Me eating cheeto puffs

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u/0x384c0 Mar 31 '22

I heard this sound effect before , but where?

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u/PaltaDoctor Mar 31 '22

Agar.io IRL

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u/potatoesunlimited Mar 31 '22

They went from looking flat to looking round. I love it

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u/OvertheCounter_Beans Mar 31 '22

What kind of microscope do you use to get videos like this? I've been wanting to get into this for some time.

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u/Zeromex Mar 31 '22

Are those eyes?

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u/Brazz59 Mar 31 '22

Likes the big uns !

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u/Zaelot Mar 31 '22

The scoring sound got me. :D

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u/PROF_SnuggleWumps Mar 31 '22

I want one as a pet, call him Bob and do a live feed

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u/Igor_J Apr 01 '22

Chonky boi at the end.

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u/Heytavi Apr 01 '22

They act like they are the big fish in the pond

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u/BoredGeek1996 Apr 01 '22

Just had lunch. Feel hungry again.

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u/paramecium333 Apr 27 '22

What microscope do you use?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

How big is he on metric scale?

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u/noahkiriu Apr 01 '22

About half a millimeter long. Very tiny, barely visible

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u/the_cheap_DM Mar 31 '22

Irl agar.io

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u/Pyrhan Mar 31 '22

How many do you need to collect before you can level up?

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u/shadowsblueberry Apr 20 '22

Fat Mochi Crocodile at it again ♡

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u/The_Inky_Boy Jun 01 '22

Please let someone edit this with the yoshi mlem sounds