Paramecia (video)

[gekko]

A short video of paramecia under polarized light.


Click on vimeo for full size image.
 
Thanks to Crater Eddie for the water sample.

[Radazz]

That's really fascinating.

[Crater Eddie]

I can't stop watching this. Very beautiful.
CE

[75RR]

A very beautiful video - has made me look at Pol with new eyes.

[gekko]

Radazz, CE, and 75RR: Many thanks for your comments. I thought this might provide a little light diversion from the scholarly diatom stuff .

[rnabholz]

Very good indeed!! Moving jewels.

Great idea to break out the polarizer.

[JimT]

Very nice video. The particles that exhibit the Bifurcation are the same black spots visible in bright light.

[KurtM]

Bifurcation? What's that?

gekko, that's a splendid video, bravo sir!

[gekko]

Rod, JimT, and Kurt: thank you very much for your kind words. JimT, that makes two of us: what is "Bifurcation"? (yes, I know what a bifurcation in a road is, but not in paramecium ).

[JimT]

OK, so I can't spell. Meant to type Birefringence

[gekko]

OK, so I can't spell. Meant to type Birefringence

Actually, I find that a very fascinating phenomenon. I noticed it myself. The brain wants the fingers to type something, and the fingers often type something similar but with a totally different meaning. It is as though the fingers make the decision on what to type on their own, just taking a hint from the brain. How many times have we seen people type "two" when they meant to type "too" or vice versa? I think it is much more complex than an accidental typo or a misspelling.

[rnabholz]

OK, so I can't spell. Meant to type Birefringence

Actually, I find that a very fascinating phenomenon. I noticed it myself. The brain wants the fingers to type something, and the fingers often type something similar but with a totally different meaning. It is as though the fingers make the decision on what to type on their own, just taking a hint from the brain. How many times have we seen people type "two" when they meant to type "too" or vice versa? I think it is much more complex than an accidental typo or a misspelling.

These days it could very well be Autocorrect on a smartphone that makes me look like a bigger idiot than I am. Just this morning I realized an hour after I made a post here, that for reasons only a microchip could understand, it guessed that I meant to sign a post "Rid" instead of my name.

I haven't misspelled my name since kindergarten....

Longer words are likely to be even more comical when Autocorrect "helps".

Rid


Just kidding,

Red


Rod

[billben74]

Ok, just took a look.
Wow, what a wonderful video.
They really are amazing when viewed with crossed polars.

[KurtM]

Probably not a bad idea to include a bit of additional info in the thread title, to suggest why it may be of interest. I suspect a lot of folks never even looked since videos of paramecia are a dime a dozen. I didn't take interest myself until I saw the replies begin to stack up (although this really isn't a fair indicator).

[75RR]

Probably not a bad idea to include a bit of additional info in the thread title, to suggest why it may be of interest. I suspect a lot of folks never even looked since videos of paramecia are a dime a dozen.

I don't go by title - just as in books, I go by author.

[hkv]

Just saw this video. Very fascinating and inspiring! I will try this.

[c-krebs]

Really nice! A pleasure to watch.

[gekko]

Rod, billben, Kurt, 75RR, hkv, and krebs-c, thank you so much. I am truly humbled.
Kurt, I'll try to remember your suggestion next time I post.

[vasselle]

Bonjour gekko
Superbe vidéo.
Cordialement seb

[gekko]

Thank you very much, seb.