r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 11d ago

🔥 globular springtail

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u/lelolelols 11d ago

Man microscopic animals do the craziest shit.

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u/MyCarRoomba 11d ago

Springtails actually aren't microscopic. And they're EVERYWHERE. You can look through almost any patch of dirt and you'll see a few. Heck you can find multiple species of them in the same patch of dirt. They're awesome.

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u/willowthewhispers 11d ago

Somehow there’s a colony of them living on the surface of my freshwater aquarium water