How I found WATER BEARS where there is no water 🔬 242

Today I show you how you can find Tardigrades, Water Bears or Moss Piglets in a small sample of dry moss.

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[Universal.G]

Wonderful video. I like how you take us out into nature with you and go hunt for specimens. Keep up the great work!

[nightstormoutdoors]

Very nice microscopy.
Your part of the world around where you live in the countryside looks quite beautiful.

[sannee]

Ach die Landschaft ist wirklich wunderschön. Ich mag die Videos wo du uns mitnimmst um Proben zu sammeln.

[martinda]

My absolute favourite modern observer of the (normally) invisible world. The wonder that Hooke felt is alive and well every time someone peers through a microscope.
I only just found your channel and am very glad I did. I will look through your back catalogue, to see if you have made a video about Micrographia and the techniques used in early microscopes, if not, well I'd appreciate it for one.
I really like the way you present and make content. Wonderful.

[jakex]

Hi. I found your videos several weeks ago after following a number of microscopy Instagram pages. I just got a really cheap old school microscope today (as in it was used in a school I think - but it's also pretty 'old school' as it has no light source etc). Anyway I grabbed a bit of moss, poured water on it, squeezed it out and had a look and saw loads of rotifers and other creatures I couldn't focus on as they were moving so fast. I'm going to have to check out all your beginner video rips again as I cant get to x40 objective properly

[BritishBeachcomber]

Tardigrades do need to be dried slowly. A glass-like matrix forms within cells to protect the cellular contents upon desiccation. This takes time.

[ahn-lhtk]

I'm studying epidemiology, and I’ve always been interested in microbiology, this is so cool, I hope I can pull off finding one when I get my first microscope hopefully

[GreenJeepAdventures]

Thanks for the post processing tip on color.
Quick question. With traditional photography, the F stop/aperture settings allow you to change depth of field ( how blurry the background is). How do you achieve a deeper depth of field in microscopes? Do different brands do better or worse, or is it based on barrel size?

[nonaeubinis]

I don't like to imagine that my organs would move around inside my body that much! I'm just going to try to not think about it LOL

[mosfear]

Thanks again Oliver. I noted you rehydrated the moss with tap water. Doesn't that introduce chlorine to your sample? I'm just wondering if that has a negative effect (since as a fish pond owner, I've always avoided fresh tap water).

[Universal.G]

Can you please do another nature hunt for Lychens and show what the symbiosis of Fungi and Algae looks like under the microscope? Thanks

[briboker]

I have been looking for tardigrades off and on for more than 6 months for an art project. I have looked at moss on bricks, in forests on fallen trees, and on lichen on tree branches and the roof. I put the moss in petri dishes, wet and wait. I find loads of nematodes, rotifers and other tiny critters. But no tardigrades. I'm beginning to think of them as a microscopic bigfoot. How do these supposedly very common animals keep evading me? Any ideas?

[dimakowahl]

Greetings to all! These cute little animals live in my house in a terrarium.

[WITHINOHBOAT]

Are there legless tardigrades? I was looking at something from my fish tank yesterday and it looked just like a tardigrade, but it had no legs.

[testuser]

The big rocks moved by the glacier are called erratics. :-)

[Kelgo]

The snow is all melted and it won’t be freezing anymore! Can’t wait to go find these animals :)

[prof-losaplotamus]

Cool Stuff U show. I’m also educated by Ur explanations. 👌. The nematode, is that a Dangerous to us type? Also, what part of the ‘paddock’ do U live? Looks familiar. 💪🐨👍. Stay In Tune, & happy discoveries may U find in the micro world.🤩🙏💕🎶

[suninditaray]

which is better steller1 or labomed lx400?

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What are these 2 huge round things inside the tardigrade?

[lyssvee]

💥Please mix blood with different pesticides and show us what happens! 💥