First amoeba

[Johann]

Saw my first "naked" amoeba, find them very fascinating.

[billporter1456]

Congratulations on getting a video of your first Amoeba sighting. What objective were you using?

[apatientspider]

Congrats, Johann. What were you examining when you found it? I saw my very first one just last month in the algae sediment at the bottom of a pet's water dish left outside. It looked very similar to yours, but unfortunately I did not have any kind of camera set up to get a picture. Still sort of a thrill though - I never ran across one as a boy.

Jim

[Johann]

Thanks Bill, it was 60x objective, and i zoomed in a little on my cellphone as well, which i used to take the video.

Jim, I also never saw one as a kid, but come to think about it, the "toy" microscope I had was probably never going to see them anyway
I found this one while looking at diatoms i got from water puddle where my water mains come in. I used my cellphone to get the video, captured it straight through the eye piece, works perfectly.

[rabitt]

Nice video, keep up the good work.

[billbillt]

Very good vid... Very interesting!..

Billt

[JimT]

Interesting to watch them "OOZE" along and nice results with your 60X. It must have been quite small.

JimT

[gekko]

Very nice video. I was thinking that I'd never seen an amoeba with such large particles inside, but then saw that this was with a 60x objective, so is the the amoeba that is so tiny relative to the particles. Very interesting. I don't remember seeing one that small

[exmarine]

Yes great vid; these things are not very abundant in rivers you mainly find them in ponds where there is plenty of microscopical food about. Hear are a couple of photo's of an amoeba I found in a sample of pond water.

[Johann]

Thanks guys. Nice pics Exmarine, thanks for sharing.
This one was very tiny, almost missed it. I like the way it expels the particles as it moves along.