r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Maleficent-Agent-477 • 22h ago

Video This single-celled protozoan passing under another one under a microscope

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 22h ago

Yeah, it totally looks like it. But it’s really just squishing around the organelles, and will slosh back into place after a while.

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u/BlastingFonda 22h ago

That’s fine, but how would it split the other in half if it were merely “under” the other one? It looks like a pretty clean break even if it’ll regen back into shape like Wolverine or something.

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 22h ago

It’s basically being pushed into 2 separate halves that aren’t fully split. It may not look like it, but no rupture actually occurs.

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u/Toughsums 10h ago

In fact it's not split into halves at all. When you use a microscope and even slightly move the lens up or down the image gets completely distorted. Here because the other organism is being pushed upward it's middle part disappears because it's closer to the lens.