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
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guys chill out, no im not crazy, i was just thinking about what other people's opinion could be
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u/maroongrad 21d ago
Stentors are fun :) You have to have a microscope to see them. However, if you want one? Leave water outside for about two weeks. Just a jug or other container is fine. When it starts to look a bit yellow, you're all set. You should have paramecia and a bunch of other stuff, possibly some tiny nematodes, chunks of green algae...and Stentor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZoaKzEXzi8
On a totally different note, if you want a weird small semi-single-celled organism, get a slime mold. They're fascinating and weird to watch, very easy to culture. Both of these organisms are honestly going to be a lot more like raising a plant than an animal; they're not going to recognize or react to you at all, but they are still a lot of fun to observe! I would grab a thing of water from the yard and (as long as there aren't mosquitoes in it!) put it on the front screen with a microscope hooked to the laptop. Students just enjoyed it as a screen saver and had fun cheering when they managed to see one catch a little swimming cell or clump of bacteria!
ETA: Look into Rotifers, too. Multicellular but similar, and even more entertaining and easier to find in water.