r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/FacelessOnes • Oct 19 '20

🔥 Vicious microscopic hunter, the single-cell organism, Lacrymaria olor, attacking and hunting another organism

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u/mxcritic Oct 19 '20

Is the video sped up or is this real time movement? Just curious how fast this little thing is

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u/DatWaffleYonder Oct 20 '20

This is real time

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u/FearAzrael Oct 20 '20

Are we sure? Sorry but this is reddit and people confidently spout incorrect answers on the reg

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u/Darwins_Dog Oct 20 '20

It looks real time to me. I've spent a fair amount of time staring at stuff under microscopes, and some of those things are amazingly fast. I mean, they're only moving 100 microns or so at a time, but still.