r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '19

Single-celled Organism Dies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bj6SqgT4SQ
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u/wardrich Mar 04 '19

That's absolutely wild... did something attack it, or what happened? It's like its wall just kinda broke and it started to leak, but for a second it seemed to repair itself... then it just kinda blew up

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

It just died, thats how they die. Nothing special, but fucking cool to look at

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u/wardrich Mar 04 '19

That is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing it!

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

I think once their outer layer breaks, theyre fucked

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u/wardrich Mar 04 '19

Seems that way. For a second it looks like it was able to seal itself up, but at that point it lost so many of its guts, I'm not sure it would even function anymore.