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A video of a paramecium moving in a sample from the turtle pond.


 The sample was obtained by ‘scooping’ up water at roughly 6:30 pm on 4/11/2019 from the Caltech turtle pond.

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 a) Paramecium: domain is Eukaryote. We can know because the shape and size of the organism match well with the description of a Paramecium.


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Paramecium from Turtle Pond Sample

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 This is a photo of a pollen sample collected from a California Poppy flower on Caltech’s Olive Walk. The sample was obtained at 3:30pm on May 8th, 2019. The sample was taken from a poppy flower with clear tape and put onto a slide.

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