Single-celled Organism Dies

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This is a single-celled organism in the genus Blepharisma and it is dying. I don't find them in my samples often, they usually have pinkish color and they are photophobic it means when the light levels are increased they will try to swim to the darkened areas. If they are exposed to light or starved, they will lose their pinkish color and will look like this one in the video, also strong light can even kill the colored ones. I don't know why this one died but how it dissolves to nothingness just broke my heart. Big or small, life is fragile. 😔
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[JamsGerms]

Hey there! I am sorry if I gave you existential crisis with this video. It made me cry when I was recording it, the way it dissolves was really shocking but I thought It could give some people the awareness of the tiny life around us. Thank you for watching!

[AlexS-ojqf]

Nothing is certain in Life. One second you're wiggling around the petri dish, the next you're disintegrating into tiny particles.

[bepisthebenis]

“Size to number of people impacted” ratio has never been at this level

[penntopaper]

when you aren’t part of the 0.01% of germs that Clorox doesn’t kill

[Genderbend_Sunny]

I've never felt this much empathy for an animal no bigger than a strand of my own hair. How it clings to life, desperately reforming the leaks in itself while it scurries around in panic, with pieces of itself STILL hanging out of it, only for its body to just give up and collapse. absolutely heartbreaking

[patrickhurley]

Now this calls for the world's smallest violin.

[niku]

Being missed and remembered is actually quite an accomplishment for a single-celled organism

[eehuew]

A cell was harmed in the making of this video.

[theamishgamer]

It managed to reform its walls for a bit but ended up collapsing in the end

[taylordavis]

Shout out to the microscope operator for keeping it in frame the whole time

[FloydLorenzMashups]

aww poor guy turned into one of those colorblind tests

[doobu]

crazy how bro was chilling and then he died outta nowhere 😭life is tough

[jacklowe]

Dont cry because he is gone...

smile because he was here.

[jessicafernandez]

Did anyone else find this slightly horrifying?

[thegrayseed]

I find it fascinating that the cell are able to mend the leaks that quickly, though it's probably a matter of perspective as for that organism these series of breakdowns takes forever.

[krusty]

I now feel weird knowing that everyday, cells are dying inside me

[Aditya-cbsy]

People crying for 1 single cell organisms death, they don't realise millions of cells died while watching this video.

[caitlinmayhugh]

I’m in the process of grieving a friend right now and this made me cry the hardest i have in a while. rip little buddy.

[SoraZ]

The way it goes from life to death in an instant is legitimately terrifying.

[莫比-qr]

The moment you realize a single cell organism gets more love and attention than you