Thanks a lot for the explanation! Oops. So it broke a part to free itself... sad.
You also say this would be a ciliate, so I will try to investigate this vast family with more details. Thanks!
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- Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:47 pm
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: pond animal splitting its body
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- Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:40 pm
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: I assume these are spirochetes?
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Re: I assume these are spirochetes?
Thanks for your answers! So spirochetes they are, I'll read about them.
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: I assume these are spirochetes?
- Replies: 19
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Re: I assume these are spirochetes?
Hi,
thanks for the thread. I observed yesterday what seems to be the very same as yours. Also moving as corkscrew, but also grouping itself into a wider spiral.
Did you reached any conclusion regarding the ID?
Sam
thanks for the thread. I observed yesterday what seems to be the very same as yours. Also moving as corkscrew, but also grouping itself into a wider spiral.
Did you reached any conclusion regarding the ID?
Sam
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:16 am
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: pond animal splitting its body
- Replies: 4
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pond animal splitting its body
Hi! I observe several examples of this thing swimming and twisting smoothly in samples of pond water. I'm still new in identification and am learning to use my books. I don't see ciliates nor flagella, that,s all I can say. More funny, I saw one splitting, I believe on purpose. OonGF_tiZxs Could you...
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:58 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: new hobbyist in the south of Germany
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new hobbyist in the south of Germany
Hi, I'm Sam, I'm french but am living in the south of Germany. I used microscopes as a kid (compound, mirror with a retrofit wit a lamp). But I never observed anything alive; to be honest after seeing onions and a few prepared slides, I felt it was interesting, but I had seen what had to be seen. I'...