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Marine snails and Pteropods

Everybody knows the terrestrial snails, (some people eat them, but don't be afraid I don't eat them!) But many species of freshwater snails, marine snails and even marine slugs exist too. For an amateur microscopist it's very interesting to study young snails and the eggs. Some marine snails are...

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Testate amoebae, peat bogs and past climates

us much about climate change over the last 10,000 years. Testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) are unicellular shelled animals which live in abundance on the surface of most peat bogs. These protozoa have tests made of smooth secreted material, pre-formed plates or cemented particles which are...

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Goat's beard. An illustrated peep at the structure of this plant's seed dispersal mechanism

illustrated peep at the structure of this plant's seed dispersal mechanism By Paul James, UK Goat's Beard, ( Tragopon pratensis, and T. dubius ) a medium sized annual/perennial, and member of the Compositae or Daisy family is not classified as being a rare flower in the UK, but I usually find no...