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 Now that I’ve got my Foldscope, I am dying to see my first water bear. I collected a piece of moss from my backyard and brought it inside using a paper bindle (used in my Forensics class as a form of evidence collection). I mounted a piece of it onto a glass slide, but unfortunately I haven’t found a water bear yet! Are there any tips for finding water bears?
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   <img alt="Moss3" class="wp-image-166315 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="166315" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="166315" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1565983291","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0049019607843137","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Moss3" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=166315" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_166312/Moss3.jpg"/>
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    Moss (1)
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   <img alt="Moss2" class="wp-image-166314 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="166314" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="166314" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1565984176","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Moss2" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=166314" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_166312/Moss2.jpg"/>
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    Moss (2)
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   <img alt="Moss1" class="wp-image-166313 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="166313" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="166313" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1565984185","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"40","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Moss1" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=166313" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_166312/Moss1.jpg"/>
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    Moss (3)
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<p>
 Even though I didn’t find any water bears, I still had a blast looking at moss under the microscope.
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