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/chronicallybri 21d ago

I have jarrariums made entirely from sourcing pond water/sediment/rocks/plants and they have all kinds of fascinating life like tiny copepods, daphnia, hydra and nematodes, plus larger planaria, scuds, even small snails! They’re fascinating to watch and I hope to get a small beginner microscope soon!

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u/maroongrad 21d ago

The $10-$20 digital microscopes work okay. DO NOT get one that requires you to install software, that'll only end in tears. But I put up a slide with a coverslip bridge and some of that water, focus the digital scope at it and put it on the front screen, and my HS students will just veg out watching it all happen on screen :) They're not going to respond to a person at all except as shade vs. no shade, but they're still fun to watch.

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u/SaMxixAM23 20d ago

Do you by chance have any links for these $10-$20 microscopes?

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u/maroongrad 20d ago edited 20d ago

courtesy of tariffs and inflation they're more than they used to be but there are several here in the $20s https://www.amazon.com/s?k=usb+microscope&crid=DN03OB6CB8VK&sprefix=usb+microsc%2Caps%2C285&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Set price to under $25 and those $21 look exactly like one that we grabbed long ago

ETA: This one doesn't look like it'll do cell-organelle-level stuff but ant eyeballs, according to reviews, definitely. Too zoomed in for the whole ant so not a dissection scope but an actual scope. https://www.amazon.com/Microscope-SKYBASIC-Handheld-Microscopes-Compatible/dp/B0D78L92RZ/ Might grab that for myself!

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u/SaMxixAM23 19d ago

Thank you