Friday, October 15, 2010

First Glimpse

Placing the Aquarium (which I will dub Habitat17) under the lens for the first time was shocking as I instantly saw small organisms moving all over the place. There was one very large organism that Dr. Mcfarland identified as a sea shrimp. It seemed to have a type of mouth, with hairs or cillia surrounding it. I observed it feasting on smaller particles that I could not identify. There was also very thin but long snake-like creatures that I could only see with the 10X lens. These, along with several odd-shaped other creatures, were almost completely transparent in nature. The thirty minutes I spent observing Habitat17 wasn't nearly enough! I wonder if the organisms will multiply or die?

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