Hidden life: Water of a Bird Bath under the microscope 

Wow! They are actually really amazing and cute little creatures

Next time can you please put the magnification in your videos, this will really help!🔬

I have a moss sample I have kept under water for over a month. I checked it, and it was full of rotifers, I'm talking dozens were in one small drop (I like small drops under my cover glass so they won't jiggle). This was a sample with a lid too. They are very hardy. And my biome I made for microbes has a lot of turtle looking rotifers with shell looking structures. I thought they were crustacean at first, but no they are rotifers. Maybe lepadella ovalis?

I can't get enough of Your videos and all that fun I have watching it. ❤

It's also very (!) important to wash your hands or maybe even disinfect them after touching the bird bath water. Even though there are a lot of interesting organisms in the water, it's also a possible source of contamination (bird flu for example). And if you have a bird bath it should be cleaned and the water should be replaced regularly to prevent the spread of those kinds of contaminations between birds.

I really like your videos, you are very educational Mr. Kim.🙃

Fantastic video! I found some of these earlier today, such fascinating creatures!

One of my favourite places to take a sample is a bird bath in my garden, definitely lots of rotifers hanging around there. My bath is under a tree and I also find lots of tardigrades in there

growing up in the 70s and 80s, I looked up to my older brother who loved astronomy. Wanting to be like him but not exactly like him, I got a decent entry level student microscope. Now as an adult, I see as a hobby, that the microscope community never really took off like the astronomy community has. There doesn't seem to be any hang out or even youtube channels dedicated to microscope users like there are for astronomers. So I thank you very much for what you have done! But about 10 years ago I purchased a nicer microscope as well as my 1st telescope. I have 4 telescopes now. And I still only have that 1 new microscope.

Your rotifers are beautiful with your excellent microscopy.

Great shots, informative video, keep up the great work!

amazing

Excellent video, thanks for posting.

Amazing bro But we did find anything like un our sample in labs😅

Interesting subject!

Amazing little animals. They look almost like tiny crocodiles. I had never seen these before.

Some of my best water samples came out of my wifes outdoor water fountain. The hard part is talking her into not changing the water so often. :-(

Great video! Thanks.

Knowing what is in the bird bath/puddle/pond now makes it really uncomfortable to clean them out 🤯 I wonder how fast the various living things can cope with drying & what chance they have of surviving poured over grass or soil 🤔

Hello Oliver, I would like to ask whether using a daylight filter on my microscope could correct the yellowish-orange light and provide neutral white lighting.

Interesting!😁

What microscope are you using? How did you get such clear images?

Awesome video

Hello, I have a question: Where can I buy a microscope online and can I examine insects with a compound microscope? thank you

Nice video

Incredible

Does this organismes sleep ?

Cute beast 67

Pure part37

Wow

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Perfection in the design of the Lord of the universe. Have you ever observed your own mucus?

Very interesting video but I must share my usual strange reading of "words" and it was the channel name : microbehunter --> micro-be-hunter which caught my attention and voila it was worth checking out!😆