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Pinky The Worm - Video

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A rather long video, 13 minutes, of a large freshwater Bristle Worm, species unknown, from the silt and mud at the bottom of my microbe aquarium. It was suggested that I dredge that and see what was living in it. I knew there were worms, cause I could see their tunnels next to the glass. Apparently there are lots of them, cause I got at least this one the first try.

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Well done Mitch,the best yet.

How did you keep it in focus for so long? Did you use one of your vaseline slides to give a little compression?
Thanks for showing it
Tony

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Post by Mitch640 »

Hi Tony. No, he was in a depression slide with 4 dots of nail polish to lift the coverslip even more. He had crawled up out of the depression to the flat area outside and still had room to move. He was probably disoriented from his ride in the pipette. He was rather docile for a worm though. My luck and his fame. :)

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Nice work Mitch, loved the video

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Thanks Starshade. Every time I find one of these worms it's exciting. With this one, the highpoint was discovering the cilia on the tail. Never saw that on any of the others. :)

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to be honest I think it is a bit too long, but I like it anyway. As I said befroe I love your videos
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Post by Mitch640 »

It is long and there are a few places I could have trimmed it, but it was a long day and some of it slipped by me. I figure you can always just jump ahead if you want to. :)

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Mitch,

Very nice video, maybe a bit too long as Litonotus said.

Rogelio

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Re: Pinky The Worm - Video

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Mitch640 wrote:A rather long video, 13 minutes, of a large freshwater Bristle Worm, species unknown,
Possibly Dero digitata?

Thomas / New Mexico

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Post by Mitch640 »

Rogelio. It gets longer each time I look at it. :lol:

Thomas, bingo, thanks. Almost assuredly Dero digitata, but a Dero for sure. The tail is a giveaway, I am glad I spent so much time on it in the video. ;)

Thanks for looking and your replies guys.

Are you getting some good subjects down there in the desert?

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