29th march 2004
a desmid's life

closterium.jpg

I miss my microscope.*

The tiny particles in the vacuoles at each end of a Closterium cell exhibit Brownian motion. No one knows their function, or if they have one. Like stuff that rattles around in your head - nice to look at, but pointless.

* It was lost in a move between houses and never seen again.

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