So long, farewell, etc...

Boy was it HOT!

BOY,WAS IT HOT!!!

You are supposed to say, How hot was it! Get with the program here!!

It was so hot 1/3 of Doodle's water was gone!!!!
There are crystalized shapes vmdhee;jrojgf'sall over the empty space.

I guess the evaporation also had something to do with the death of the nematodes. They are everywhere.

At least the Annelids have returned to the ferns. They are vigorously feeding on something yellowish--brown. Dr Mcfarland wasn't exactly sure what it was!

Spyrogyra are in abundance now.

There are also Phacus(Eugenoid) in some of the strangest places.

Rolf now has an extended family. There are many small rotifers around.

I'm not sure how much longer Doodle could survive the way she is. There are places in the greens that are completely empty of green.

The Eutricularia Dr. Mcfarland added has developed a large leaf shaped trapping mechanism.
The strangest thing is on the side. It looks like a tube shaped cluster.

It could be Doodle art! Or maybe it's just graffitti left by the Nemotodes!!!


What was that????
I was looking at the artwork and suddenly something flew by!!!

A very very very large Water mite is speeding past, maybe that is what has taken a BITE out of the population.

Streeetch had me a little concerned tonight. I couldn't find him. After a bit of searching I found him. He has doubled in size again!!!!
I counted his sections, there are 15 joints in his body and he has very long flagella at his rear end. Is this where I should be worried about where Dr Mcfarland puts him?

What if he gets back to the pond at UT Medical Center and keeps up this growth pattern~~~~

We could be looking at another Loch Ness right here in East Tennessee!!!!
Ya think?

I had to say a tearful goodbye to all my new friends.
They will be missed.

I will be watching the News Sentinel for reports of a new Nessie!!!!

This has been a lot of fun for me and I think in spite of myself I may have learned something.

So long, farewell, sorry already done that!!!

See you next time in blogger heaven!!

Lynne

Just Doodling along

Rolf the rolifer was hiding from me today. He was way down in the brown stuff in the bottom. He was eating as usual.

Nemotodes are everywhere today!!!!!

Streeeeetch has found a cozy place on a fern and is eating comfortably.

Here is a picture of his face!

He does not seem to mind the nemotodes feeding on the cilates all around him.

Small gastrotriches

have gathered all around the ferns!!!!!

Spirogyra are everywhere!!

The Annelids must be a traveling troop of gypsies!!! They are not where they were last week!

Maybe the insect larvae had them for DINNER, literally!!!

Some have moved to the top of Doodle.

Planeria are near the top as well, they probably invited them over for a while!!

We regretfully announce a death in the neighborhood........

Denny, the dust mite

didn't make it through the week.

There will be a memorial announced at a later date.

Well, that all for now!

I will, as usual, see Doodle tomorrow!! Maybe she can give me a few tips on the exam!!!

Ya think????

Lynne

New Neighbors

We can all relax at the fate of Rolf the rolifer, he survived the attack.

He has now DOUBLED in size. He also seems to have several siblings that vary in size.

Streeeetch also has many new friends in the neighborhood.

DR. Macfarland added the food pellet to Doodle. This has sparked enormous changes!



Ciliates have taken over!!!!!!!! There are 100's of them! Whirling madly in circles.



There has been an influx in one of the neighboring ferns. A community of Annelids has moved in and began to rapidly multiply.



They are almost clear but have RED spots all over them. They remind me of transparent fishing worms!!!



There are two different communities. One in the fern and one near the top of Doodle. The one's at the top will stretch out to the top of the water almost like they are trying to get out. Then they pull back as soon as they touch the air. Weird ain't it!!



A lot of the green material in the ferns looks like it has been sucked out!!

You can see the outline of the fern but some of it is empty.



The seed shrimp population is also on the rise. There are many different sizes from very young and small to very large and hungry!!!



Polly Paramecium has all but decimated a leaf and does not seem to be slowing down.



There is a very visible root of the insecterius plant in all of the ferns.



I think the most amazing thing for me is to watch the organism while it is eating. You can see all of their organs moving. The breathing muscles, the muscles moving food through, the sensory organs that scout out food, all of this is clearly seen.



I think it's facinating.



I added a little more water before I left and took one last look at Streeeeetch!



He seemed to be getting a little annoyed with all of the attention.



So I left him alone.

I will see him again tomorrow!



Lynne

Doodle is growing

Tuesday 10-23-07 5:06-6:14pm
Doodle has grown by leaps and bounds!

There is a lot more to see today.

Copapods are everywhere!!! These are in various stages of development. There are some that you can barely see and others that have doubled and tripled in size from last week! the small ones are whirling in a circle and the larger ones are constantly darting about and eating!
Ostrapods (shrimp looking creatures) are also in abundance. these are concentrated in the brown stuff in the bottom.
This week there are more than one color in the algae. There is a little green, a little purple but mostly just brown in the bottom.

OH NO! One of the Ostrapods just attacked Rolf the Rolifer and I'm not sure who will win this battle. Ostrapods are faster and evidently a lot hungerier than the slug looking Rolf.

Streeeetttcch(Spirilla) is a centipede looking organism. He has filli down the lenght of his body. His body is transparent and he is eating the green in the algae. You can see it as it traverses through his system and exits the other end.

All through the ferns are Small Rolifers. They look very young. I hope they aren't waiting on Rolf to come back!!

Holy Toledo!! I see some perfectly round things that look like car tires in my Doodle! They aren't moving and I didn't think I needed to post NO LITTERING signs around!!
Oh, wait those are just air bubbles, my bad!!!
All through out my Doodle are some small whirling dervish type organisms(protists).
I think someone must have slipped them some Sundrop! That is the only way I could move that fast for that period of time.
No, not even Sundrop could help me with that energy!

I'm going back to see Doodle again tomorrow!
Talk to you later,
Lynne

setting up doodle

Doodle was born on October 18,2007.

I created her from water and algae taken from the Pond at the University of Tennessee Hospital. I made sure to get some of the brown stuff from the bottom of the container. I saw some slimey things from the middle and some small oval thi(small oval things) from the TOP.

Once we had all of her watery things I added ferns (Rhynchostegium serrulatum)for effect.

Dr. Mcfarland added something(lost notes on the name) that eats something(same notes) and I closed her up.

I used the microscope to look at her and found some VERRRRY INTERESTING activity going on.

SHE'S ALIVE, SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

She had lots of movement and critters swimming around!

One of these was shaped like a ladybug but was transparent(ooooooooooo) and had BROWN spots all over it. It also had filli to eat with.

There was also something in there that looked like a squid and had what looked like a street brush to eat with.

Both of these organisms were in the bottom of the environment and seemed to be VERY HUNGRY!!!

Above the brown layer was alot of green strand like stuff(technical term) in the middle.



I plan to visit with her again tomorrow!



Here we GROW again!



Lynne Eldridge