Comments | wtf_nature: little gems

midair in wtf_nature

Feb 03, 2008 17:45

I’ve been mostly lurking for a long time, but I’d like to take the opportunity to post about one of my favorite creatures ever: the diatom.

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chaitease February 4 2008, 02:03:40 UTC

Very cool!

fusion_mobile February 4 2008, 02:08:18 UTC

The star-shaped ones in the second picture.

WHY?

They're broken.

Their life must be cool. Always bumping into things.

It's full of stars! zargon February 4 2008, 04:24:51 UTC

One has only 7 "legs". The others look like they are broken?

7 can still be a star fusion_mobile February 4 2008, 04:33:14 UTC

The inner part of their bodies do not connect.

That's what I was talking about.

Re: 7 can still be a star zargon February 4 2008, 06:02:49 UTC

Yeah, it makes them look more like a ribbon of spikes that's just curled up to make it look like a star. Very weird. VERY cool!

cielamara February 4 2008, 02:15:39 UTC

They're beautiful!

eibborn February 4 2008, 02:35:39 UTC

Heh, funny. I was just looking at these during my lab on Thursday. I wasted so much time just ogling them!

lovestyle February 4 2008, 03:32:34 UTC

I liked these buggers when I studied them in biology. The fact that they leave behind a glass shell that never decomposes is really cool. :D