Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A trumpet-shaped cell, big enough to see without a microscope, living quietly in ponds and streams.
Part of a weekly series of short portraits of the living things too small to see. A few quiet minutes with one organism, and nothing else. Today, Stentor.
Want to see hundreds of Stentors in a mass conjugation event? Watch the full documentary, "Microscopic Mating Frenzy: A Rare Stentor Conjugation Event Caught on Video": youtu.be/EB7uTPANOT8
🙏 Acknowledgements
The thumbnail image is a screenshot from a Qassis Labs video, used with their permission. They retain copyright and ownership of their original material.
Qassis Labs: youtube.com/@qanunji
#microscope #microbiology #microcosmos #stentor #pondlife
A trumpet-shaped cell, big enough to see without a microscope, living quietly in ponds and streams.
Part of a weekly series of short portraits of the living things too small to see. A few quiet minutes with one organism, and nothing else. Today, Stentor.
Want to see hundreds of Stentors in a mass conjugation event? Watch the full documentary, "Microscopic Mating Frenzy: A Rare Stentor Conjugation Event Caught on Video": youtu.be/EB7uTPANOT8
🙏 Acknowledgements
The thumbnail image is a screenshot from a Qassis Labs video, used with their permission. They retain copyright and ownership of their original material.
Qassis Labs: youtube.com/@qanunji
#microscope #microbiology #microcosmos #stentor #pondlife
