I started my planarian culture with 2 individuals caught in the wild. I knew that planarians were one of a kind for their abilities to regrow a whole individual from virtually nothing. The planarian culture media is spring water mixed with some algae. The water is replaced once a week, during feeding sessions. Planarians eat decaying material in the wild- in my work bench, they can eat beef liver or egg yolks! I cut them in half roughly every 3 weeks with a clean scalpel. I’m excited how large I

Next time you see green algae in a pond, look closer! You might see some volvox! These beautiful colonies of algae look like they are straight from another planet! The way they move around and reproduce is quite science fiction like! #microscope #microbiology #underthemicroscope #microscopy #microcosmos #algae #volvox #fyp #fypシ #fypageシ