A water bear indeed, although I am pretty sure Alan quoted from his own
knowledge, whereas I had to rely on:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/oai_HeadlinesDetails.asp?pressNo=813
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Wood [mailto:alanmwood@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 November 2010 15:07
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Microscope Competition Pictures
Joel Wilcox asked
> > http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/2010/index.html
> What is the critter in the movie entry, #17? Rascal's got feets!
It is a water bear or tardigrade, technically a member of the order
Tardigrada.
The video was shot from below, presumably with an inverted microscope. I
have just bought an Olympus CK2 inverted microscope, but I don't know if I
will ever manage to take a video like that.
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Alan Wood
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----- Original Message ----
> From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, 24 November, 2010 13:03:34
> Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Microscope Competition Pictures
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Tim Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Nice pictures from Olympuses Microscope photographers.
> >
> > http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/
> >
> > http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/2010/index.html
>
> What is the critter in the movie entry, #17? Rascal's got feets!
>
> Joel W.
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