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A collection of videos documenting microscopic life under a high powered compound microscope. All Specimens were collected prepared and filmed by me. I filmed some of these videos in 1080p HD so if you want a treat, make it full screen and select 1080p as the resolution.

 

This is Euglena. Euglena obtains energy from both photosynthesis and ingestion of food. Euglena can detect light with its red eye like structure and will swim in the lights direction with the aid of its 2 large frontal flagelum.

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This is Vorticella. Vorticella is often atached to a substrate with a long contractile stem like structure. Vorticella eats by creating a current with its frontal cilia to draw in food.

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This is an Amoeba. The Amoeba moves with the use of pseudopods. The pseudopods are formed by the movement of cytoplasm within the Amoeba's body and can act like legs. The Amoeba eats by surrounding its food and digesting it within the pocket it creates.

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This is Bacillaria paxillifer. Bacillaria paxillifer is a type of diatom that lives in colonies that are atatched to each other with very stretchy fibers. They are able to move about by sliding across each other. They obtain energy primarily from photosynthesis.

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This is a flatworm, the flatworms body is covered in cilia which helps it move around in search of food. Many flatworms are parasites and will attach to a host in order to feed off of it.

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This is a type of copepod called a cyclops. It has one large eye in the center of its head just like the mythical creature. They Like to eat many organisms that are smaller then themselves like the Euglena from the video at the top of this page. It reproduces by groing two egg sacks, one atatched to each side of it's body.