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Looking a fairy shrimp in the eye

| Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 2:57 PM



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Last friday, the frugal science class went to Lake Lagunita on Stanford University campus. We collected some water samples, which had fairy shrimps and other organisms in them. I picked up a fairy shrimp, placed it on a glass slide, and looked at it under the foldscope. I'm amazed by how transparent and compact life can be!


The fairy shrimp (unfortunately squished):

Its eye:



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Type of Sample
animals
Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

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