In this video we can see two large masses moving next to each other that are two different organisms of the same species.

This sample was gathered at 6:20 pm from the upper level of Caltech’s turtle pond, by pipetting a small amount of water into a flask.

Size of the microorganisms:

Magnification of foldscope: 140x

Thus, these organisms appear to be around 10 micrometers by 60 micrometers.

Some questions I have about my video:

What is the name of these types of organisms?

How long is their typical lifespan?

What do they eat?

Why do they appear brown-ish in color compared to the surrounding plant life?

To answer these questions, I could look up the types of microorganisms that are typically in ponds, and classify what I found. After knowing what they’d are, it is easy to just google them and see the information that results.

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