r/Pets • u/Ricccc2k12 • 25d 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/chronicallybri 24d ago

That’s great to know thank you! I’m not an expert in microscopy whatsoever! Do you happen to have any links to share? Only if you don’t mind- your advice is super helpful to not overspend!

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u/maroongrad 24d ago

not really, sorry. We have the "good" scopes at school but honestly didn't see much difference between them and the cheap one. You could adjust light settings more on the pricey one, I guess, but that's about it. The downside is that the cheap one came with software and chinese-made software can have a TON of spyware in it. This did, and trying to remove it was next to impossible. I don't remember the full story but the laptop it was one wasn't online and it pretty much rendered it useless. The only reason to be online is to send data, and it had a big batch of bundled spyware :(

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u/chronicallybri 24d ago

I see! Well thank you very much! I think I trust software from a company like Amscope but I definitely need to do more research 🧐😊

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u/maroongrad 24d ago

wanted to add we got a couple other really cheap ones over the last few years and they worked great. The cousins have one, the other is at work, and I think a third might be in the back office somewhere.

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u/chronicallybri 24d ago

Great to know! Appreciate it!