The lengths these ciliates will go to (literally) in order to hunt is remarkable.
Microscope: Vickers M17 trinocular. LED illumination.
Objectives: Zeiss Fluotar 16x & Zeiss Jena 6.3x APO
Illumination: Bright-field and Dark-field
Phototube optics: Olympus NFK 3.3x
Camera: Canon 550d
Elastic Stentor
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That’s fabulous, Chris
and it’s nice to see the little fellas taking a ride in the current !!
... helps us to visualise the hydrodynamics
MichaelG.
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Edit: I think we can safely say that your video is significantly more informative than this reference image:
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/tec ... entor.html
and it’s nice to see the little fellas taking a ride in the current !!
... helps us to visualise the hydrodynamics
MichaelG.
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Edit: I think we can safely say that your video is significantly more informative than this reference image:
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/tec ... entor.html
Last edited by MichaelG. on Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Too many 'projects'
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Great catch! Had no idea they could do that, thought it would never end :)
Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
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Really nice! A very cool protozoan and superb quality, the darkfield is amazing!
Zeiss Photomicroscope III BF/DF/Pol/Ph/DIC/FL/Jamin-Lebedeff
Youtube channel
Youtube channel
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Thanks for the kind words all. The critter tank has seen a rise in numbers with the longer daylight hours.
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Fantastic video! Really captures the 3D-ness of the stentor. 