This is a video that shows a paramecium reproducing. A paramecium reproduces by splitting itself in half like this! pretty cool. They were found in a pond in my yard.
Sorry for the dizzying motion of this video, but this guy was moving fast. This is a flagellate which means it has a tail. This is an organelle mainly used for propelling the organism through the water. This one is harder to see, but it does have one. This one organism is called a peranema which follows its tail and uses it like a propeller. This was quite cool! I found it in a pond in my backyard.
You know that stuff that makes your eyes tear and your nose runny? The yellow dust that settles on the car. That's what this is. This is a small piece of iris pollen that I found in my Backyard. This is zoomed in at 40x so that means that these things are small. You can see the texture on the actual pollen. If you look closely you can see small dots or indents. Also it almost looks like a peanut! Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship. This is a video that I really liked. It goes into great depth about everything pollen.
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