Thank you for taking a look at the grass! I'd been wondering about lawns, and this neatly answers the microbial question. ^_^ So most of the microbial life associated with grass plants is generally more involved in the soil, rather than the leaves. The stoma on the grass blade and the spherecoa(?) were fascinating to see. There's such an amazing variety in forms that life can take. Does the book say anything about whether the spherecoa share nutrients or sensations among the individuals of the colony, or not?
@@fantasticmicrobes Thank you! I only asked because that seems to be something that varies between different species of oceanic colonial organisms. It's possible that nobody knows, and it's a subject of experimentation in spherecoa.
Funny you should ask! I’m in the process of filming a microscope unboxing miniseries. I’m putting out a video in the next week or two about a $25 kids microscope 52 piece set, followed by a USB microscope review. My opinion: they’re almost so low quality that they might turn people away from the microscope hobby altogether. They just don’t have the ability to adjust brightness, focus, and exposure as well, and the lenses aren’t as good either. You’ll see for yourself with my side by side comparisons. But if you don’t want to wait, I think the RUclips channel in Microbehunter has done some reviews on those cheap microscopes as well. You could also ask the r/microscopy subreddit, or a microscopy Facebook group (there are several), and I’m sure others will have opinions and more knowledge for you. My opinion: a $100-$150 microscope is a huge step up in quality and DEFINITELY worth the investment.
That’s my guess too. There were quite a few of them, but they didn’t make it to the video. I’ll make sure to highlight them next time I’m hydrating another sample like this.
Looks like grass is less populated than human civilisation. Looks like nature doesn’t exploit the abundance of grass, there is lesson in the grass for us.
Maybe choose a native plant that shares habitat with the grass and perform the same experiment? It would be interesting to see if it affects the microfauna a lot. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the idea! I’m also working on a soil episode as well where I got soil underneath the grass to give a fuller picture of the micro fauna there.
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I really love your videos, you are very educational!
Keep up the good work!😁
I am starting to love this channel.
It's going to be great, Brother. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Thank you for taking a look at the grass! I'd been wondering about lawns, and this neatly answers the microbial question. ^_^ So most of the microbial life associated with grass plants is generally more involved in the soil, rather than the leaves.
The stoma on the grass blade and the spherecoa(?) were fascinating to see. There's such an amazing variety in forms that life can take. Does the book say anything about whether the spherecoa share nutrients or sensations among the individuals of the colony, or not?
I didn't see any specific details about that in my guide book. I'll have to research them a bit more online. I'll comment back here if I find anything
@@fantasticmicrobes Thank you! I only asked because that seems to be something that varies between different species of oceanic colonial organisms. It's possible that nobody knows, and it's a subject of experimentation in spherecoa.
In your opinion, are the $25 electric microscopes from Amazon worth it? They say they're 40-1000x but I don't know anything about their quality.
Funny you should ask! I’m in the process of filming a microscope unboxing miniseries. I’m putting out a video in the next week or two about a $25 kids microscope 52 piece set, followed by a USB microscope review. My opinion: they’re almost so low quality that they might turn people away from the microscope hobby altogether. They just don’t have the ability to adjust brightness, focus, and exposure as well, and the lenses aren’t as good either. You’ll see for yourself with my side by side comparisons. But if you don’t want to wait, I think the RUclips channel in Microbehunter has done some reviews on those cheap microscopes as well. You could also ask the r/microscopy subreddit, or a microscopy Facebook group (there are several), and I’m sure others will have opinions and more knowledge for you.
My opinion: a $100-$150 microscope is a huge step up in quality and DEFINITELY worth the investment.
@18:57 there is a spinning ball of brown. Lower right hand corner. That caught my eye. Any possible details on what it is?
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That’s my guess too. There were quite a few of them, but they didn’t make it to the video. I’ll make sure to highlight them next time I’m hydrating another sample like this.
@@fantasticmicrobes were you replying to me or them?
6:50 is that editing choice a reference to Henry's Kitchen?
I didn’t think that at the time, but maybe it was subconsciously, lol
Can you take a weed from a public park building and look at that.
Sure!
@@fantasticmicrobes ty
Looks like grass is less populated than human civilisation. Looks like nature doesn’t exploit the abundance of grass, there is lesson in the grass for us.
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Hi there!
@@fantasticmicrobes how was your day
Use tweezers or prongs to take the grass not bare hands
Maybe choose a native plant that shares habitat with the grass and perform the same experiment? It would be interesting to see if it affects the microfauna a lot. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the idea! I’m also working on a soil episode as well where I got soil underneath the grass to give a fuller picture of the micro fauna there.