How Does This Predator Capture Prey? YouTube video by The Microscopic Odyssey

In this episode of the Microscopic Odyssey, we are diving into the brilliant strategy (and geometry) Lacrymaria olor uses to catch its prey.

A Body Called Life Docu-fiction | 15 min | 2024 Synopsis: A self-isolated young human known as "James" delves into the hidden world of microscopic organisms, forging a…

If there is only one short film you see this week, it should be this one: A Body Called Life.
Thank you, @jamesweiss.bsky.social and Spencer MacDonald. 💛

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Can you see all the gregarines inside this poor polychaete? Please tag someone you know who can help me identify them.

Ohh thanks for sharing our channel. We ended it a few months ago but there are 250 episodes to watch. :)

I was recording a taxidermy shark yesterday. Look at the scales on that sandpaper-like skin! So pretty!!

Hi Igor!! Happy to connect with you here!

Meet Cassiopeia and Andromeda, my little stars. ✨

Bristle worms are great belly dancers. 😂

Aren’t these diatoms so pretty? 🥹

Tiny Cladonema jellies! Aren’t they cute? 🥹

Ohh wow! Can I read it?!

Ohh so happy to see this here. Thank you! Just a small correction, it’s an Arachnula. It took me a while to identify it correctly. 😂

Beaming up a tardigrade to the mothership. 😂 #tardigrade #science

Look at these single-celled algae Dinobryon! 🥹They build vase-like houses in colonies and live happily ever after. #science #art

Missing the summer blooms of algae already. 🥹

Life is so beautiful under the microscope. ❤️ #art #science

Look at these cute sea slugs. 🥹

No wonder why they are called water bears! Look at those claws! 😱

Sea-anemone Aiptasia looks stunning under the microscope. Look at those thousands of golden-colored algae it “farms” inside its body.