• azi@mander.xyz
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    8 hours ago

    It looks nothing like either a centric or pennate diatom

    • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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      7 hours ago

      Nonetheless it is in no way a phage. What might it be, do you think?

      I know it’s a joke meme, but I did not achieve my grand success in life by being ‘fun’. It’s just not my thing ;)

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        7 hours ago

        Probably a radiolarian skeleton. Check out pictures of the cornutella genus. The morphology and relative size to the tardigrades match up.

        Edit: score! Looking up tardigrade and cornutella together brought me to the source of the picture. I knew all that school was good for something. Here’s a screenshot because fuck Xitter: