This is the sound of a 15yo being amazed. It is not easy to amaze a 15yo. Her first attempt at using her foldscope.com, a small flat cardboard microscope that fits in her back pocket. I'm amazed too. Big thanks to @prakashlab.bsky.social for inventing this wonderful thing 😍 #ThriftyScience - ThreadSky

cellysally.bsky.social • 145 days ago

This is the sound of a 15yo being amazed. It is not easy to amaze a 15yo.

Her first attempt at using her https://foldscope.com, a small flat cardboard microscope that fits in her back pocket.

I'm amazed too. Big thanks to @prakashlab.bsky.social for inventing this wonderful thing 😍 #ThriftyScience

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wormlockholmes.bsky.social•145 days ago

Simply lovely. Is it a daphnia?

cellysally.bsky.social•145 days ago

Yes!.. but we don't know what this hungry leggy creature is, nor the tiny transparent leech-like creatures blebbing around in the background. Anyone got any ideas? #Foldscope #PondLife

prakashlab.bsky.social•142 days ago

Looks like an annelid worm (large worm on the right) from the shape of the gut. The creature with legs could be an insect larvae (maybe dragonfly nymph)..

Please share the videos at community site http://microcosmos.foldscope.com for help with ID and sharing this wonderful and inspiring story.

cefafalopodo.bsky.social•136 days ago

The crustacean: I vote for Tanaidacea. The two small round worms in the background move like rhabdocoels to me, but I cannot exclude other worm-like things such a large ciliate protists (peritrichs?). Everything so out of my alley, so don’t trust me.

cellysally.bsky.social•136 days ago

Thank you! 😀

cefafalopodo.bsky.social•136 days ago

Now that I see it again, maybe the small things are rotifers. More magnification would be helpful

jolatimore.bsky.social•136 days ago

The "leggy" creatures look like isopods to me: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85607-Asellidae

cellysally.bsky.social•136 days ago

Thank you! My daughter will be excited that her first microscopy efforts have been scrutinised by a real freshwater ecologist. We'll embark upon some research into Scottish isopods 😀. Hooray for Foldscopes!

teamfoldscope.bsky.social•126 days ago

These videos are great! Please share them on the Microcosmos (https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/) where you can both inspire and be inspired by other Foldscope users from around the world!

Happy Foldscoping!

prakashlab.bsky.social•145 days ago

Indeed.. these laughters fill our world with joy of science. The joy is so infectious.

charlene.bsky.social•145 days ago

"Wow! That's amazing"
What a wonderful gift!

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