Rotifers

Through the microscope

Video

Rotifers filmed via a Vickers microscope using a cheap 1.3MP eyepiece camera

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drosera37 said:

September 14, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Great video! I was looking at some of these a couple of days ago but couldn’t get them to stay in focus long enough to get a decent video 😦

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- spockssister said:
  
  September 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM
  
  I took that in fairly cool weather, maybe they were sluggish?
  I believe you can add glycerin (from the supermarket) to slow the animacules down a bit although I haven’t tried it myself.
  
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Larry Bliss said:

October 29, 2013 at 12:41 AM

There is a classic science fiction story called Surface Tension by James Blish that has tiny intelligent creatures battling rotifers. A great read!

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Mike A. said:

December 10, 2013 at 7:35 PM

Tiny humans those were, in the Blish story. Good story.

Love the movie, Penny. Thanks. Here in Oklahoma, the rotifers are different, and I need to get some stills and movies up on my webserver to show them.

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- Spock's Sister said:
  
  December 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM
  
  Oh yes! I’d love to see some US rotifers. All the rotifers I’ve seen so far have been this chubby variety. Rotifer vulgaris I believe.
  
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