What is your favorite microscopic creature?

[SallyMander]

A. Tardigrade



B. Rotifer



C. Euplotes



D. Paramecium



E. George W. Bush's brain (no image available)

F. Other/Write-in

(Edited because i couldn't find a good amoeba pic... changed it to Euplotes, a sweet protozoan!)

[yewberry]

1. Tardigrade!

Water bears are the cutest microscopic invertebrates out there!

[SallyMander]

3. Not only adorable

but amazing!!!

From Wikipedia: Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. They can survive temperatures close to absolute zero<4>, temperatures as high as 151°C (303°F), 1,000 times more radiation than any animal, nearly a decade without water, and can also survive in a vacuum like that found in space.

:wow:

[Richardo]

10. It reminds me of those creatures in 'The Fifth Element'

Gets my vote :patriot:

[DarkTirade]

2. Yeasts that give us chewable bread and alcoholic drinks.

[SallyMander]

4. LOL... ok, here ya go

But they're just not that cute! ;-)

[DarkTirade]

7. But without them I wouldn't have mead brewing in the pantry right now. :)

[ironflange]

5. Bush's brain doesn't belong on the list

You didn't say anything about "mythological."

[SallyMander]

8. LOL!

:spray:

[Xipe Totec]

6. Diatoms

[SallyMander]

9. Oh, good call

i should have included them -- diatoms are really cool. Tiny artwork! :-)

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Volvox, baby!

[jeff30997]

12. My Penis.

:hide:

[cuke]

13. Not a microscopic creature, but I'm rather fond of Golgi Apparatus

Golgi Apparatus