The Science Inside Elephant Dung
Mar 22, 2026 • 12:54 PM UTC
Malawi
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Jimmy Banda
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At Majete National Park in Malawi Chikwawa district with Manu, we took a look at elephant dung under the microscope and it turned into a whole microcosmos.
Observations: dense microbial life, constant motion, and bacteria moving in perfect circles.
Questions: What’s driving this circular motion? Chemical gradients? Microbial interactions? Environmental constraints? what kind of microbes are these?
Even waste holds patterns, life, and unanswered questions.
#Microcosmos #Microbiology #Majete #ScientificCuriosity
Observations: dense microbial life, constant motion, and bacteria moving in perfect circles.
Questions: What’s driving this circular motion? Chemical gradients? Microbial interactions? Environmental constraints? what kind of microbes are these?
Even waste holds patterns, life, and unanswered questions.
#Microcosmos #Microbiology #Majete #ScientificCuriosity
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