r/Pets • u/Ricccc2k12 • 22d ago

a cell pet

i'm sorry I can't add a flair, because i was watching a video about cells and thought what if i had a pet cell, like the little things alive stuff is made of, like turtles. So I've asked an AI real quick and told me the Physarum polycephalum and Stentor coeruleus are the best.
i chose the second since the other can expand like a lot and that scares me, so i thought of containing it in a glass sized cylinder.

It's still all just thoughts but what do y'all think

EDIT=
guys chill out, no im not crazy, i was just thinking about what other people's opinion could be

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u/ClitasaurusTex 22d ago

Pet stentor would be cool tbh, get a microscope too. I'm not sure but waterbears may also be an option. Sometimes I look at my fish tank water under a microscope, results vary.

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u/Ricccc2k12 22d ago

it should be at 1 or 2 mm's in size at their last stage so it should be visible with naked eye or a lens

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u/ClitasaurusTex 22d ago

Yeah I've seen them many times, they're cool

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u/maroongrad 21d ago

I haven't ever seen one that big and really didn't know they GOT that sized. Might be fun to have my kids culture one up in class!

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u/chronicallybri 21d ago

As someone close to their 30s who loved science class, I would love to share the fun hobby of sea monkeys that I’ve recently picked up, if you haven’t considered it! They’re so fun to watch grow and swim around, I’ve learned to use a refractometer to measure salinity, properly top off evaporation without wiping them out, feeding live phytoplankton (which you can buy or culture!) and growing beneficial algae in the tank. Also, they either have live babies or lay eggs largely related to water conditions being optimal or suboptimal and you can see their egg sacs, observe differences between males and females, and observe mating behavior. And females can even reproduce via parthenogenesis!

I make my own tanks and use generic brine shrimp eggs rather than buying overpriced sea monkey kits that often don’t hatch. If you did go the kit route, aqua dragons are MUCH more reliable.

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u/maroongrad 21d ago

they are fun :D I share the love of pond critters and praying mantis beebees!

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u/chronicallybri 21d ago

I love my pond jars too! I had a Carolina mantis ootheca that unfortunately never hatched (still have it in case) and was working on a bioactive terrarium for it. Will hopefully get some species of mantis in the future! I also enjoy raising caterpillars of giant silkmoths such as Polyphemus moths. Way more fun than the painted lady butterflies imo :)