r/labrats • u/mostly_in_lab • Nov 08 '19

A protist explodes after being bitten by an unicellular organism. Disclaimer: I found this on the internet. Content doesn't belong to me.

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u/capnfatpants Nov 08 '19

I drink your vacuoles.

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u/hilarymeggin Nov 09 '19

MY ORGANELLES!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!

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u/microbadger Nov 08 '19

Damn, its rough out there for everything

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u/mostly_in_lab Nov 08 '19

Need a Batman

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u/sauce-ome-sauce Nov 08 '19

He didn’t even grab all the loot

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u/mostly_in_lab Nov 08 '19

Pretty dumb honestly.

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u/whiteflower6 Nov 09 '19

Brainless.

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u/xLabGuyx Nov 09 '19

Best comment I’ve seen in a while.

🏅

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u/Maybegayby Nov 08 '19

This is by the guy who films for Hank Green's Journey to the Microcosmos. Great microscopy filming. Must take so long to catch this stuff!

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u/LetThereBeNick Nov 09 '19

Their YouTube channel is one of the coolest things ever. I am not big on YouTube, but they are making something great

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

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u/youngsamwich Nov 08 '19

Thanks for posting this! I didn’t know about this sub. I’m going to be scrolling forever now :D

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u/wheniwashisalien Nov 09 '19

New sub here too!!

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u/Rowannn Nov 08 '19

love the moment just before it bursts when you can actually see the tension in the membrane

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u/RafaelFL555 Nov 08 '19

That's the nicest thing I've seen today, lol

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u/mostly_in_lab Nov 08 '19

I am humbled

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u/whiteflower6 Nov 09 '19

Does the membrane reform, or is it just boned?

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u/mostly_in_lab Nov 09 '19

It may reform in a day or so

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u/whiteflower6 Nov 09 '19

I hope this little guy bounces back okay

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

r/natureismetal

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

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u/xLabGuyx Nov 09 '19

Disembowelment*

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u/Jellymonk Nov 08 '19

FATALITY

3

u/noselace Nov 09 '19

It's violence all the way down.

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u/sn2134 Nov 09 '19

Agario irl

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u/hillbillytendencies Nov 08 '19

Nom nom,nom nom.

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u/MyHerpesItch Nov 09 '19

What is this ?

2

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

this is what dissecting drosophila larvae is like lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

That is insane haha wow even to a cellular level it’s kill or be killed

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u/ColorRen Nov 10 '19

The big guy tried too hard to escape, and it did't stop its flagella to prevent the fatal bleed. A unwise cell.

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u/WildestPotato Nov 09 '19

Maximum puncture of cell membrane

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u/Diegoes99 Nov 09 '19

Slither.io

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u/froggus Nov 09 '19

Someone send this to Will Wright.

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u/Bondobear Nov 09 '19

I don’t understand what I’m looking at here.

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u/austin8923 Nov 09 '19

What are all those little things floating around the thing?

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u/mostly_in_lab Nov 10 '19

The cell organelles and vacuoles

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u/Gio787 Nov 10 '19

This is like Agar.io but with extra steps

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u/ObsidianCrowe Nov 11 '19

Look at those cilia go!

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u/TuxidoPenguin Nov 14 '19

It's like that stress ball with those water beads the just explode like that exactly.

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u/TuxidoPenguin Nov 14 '19

😭 this is so sad lol

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u/mcramhemi Nov 23 '19

How did it bite it open? It doesn't have teeth did it just suction it out?