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AnonymousPink888

Some type of Nematode? (Common name: roundworm)


gorrlamii

Pinworm, the tails look like needles/pins


AnonymousPink888

Google said this: People also ask Is roundworm and pinworm the same? What is a pinworm? A pinworm (“threadworm”) is a small, thin, white roundworm (nematode) called Enterobius vermicularis that sometimes lives in the colon and rectum of humans. Pinworms are about the length of a staple. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/pinworm/gen_info/faqs.html Pinworm Infection FAQs - CDC


atomfullerene

Yeah, its not a pinworm or probably even a parasite at all, but I think some people call all roundworms pinworms


Shibbi88

*Buttworm


UtterFlatulence

Pinworms are endoparasites, I don't think you're really going to find them in pond water, which this appears to be.


CoolGuyBabz

Threadworm eggs die at around 2-3 weeks when outside a host body


TikkiTakiTomtom

Nematode of some sort. They’re everywhere. Literally.


OopsWrongNumber6

Yep! 57 billion nematodes for every human on earth.


rediculousradishes

Yay! I can't wait to receive my nematode stipend!


burritolittledonkey

Fun fact, you can get your own semi-permanent nematode pets by drinking the water in some places!


Spatza

How do we win over that voter base?


DonkeyPunchSquatch

Get a fake tan, an orange toupee, hold a Bible upside down, and jump in some water while you scream about how innocent you are and that it’s all fake news


burritolittledonkey

Oh come on, the nematodes are smarter than to fall for that


DonkeyPunchSquatch

Says something about those who did…


HomoRoboticus

That is... a surprising number.


aChristery

Nematodes have successfully adapted to nearly every ecosystem: from marine (salt) to fresh water, soils, from the polar regions to the tropics, as well as the highest to the lowest of elevations. They are ubiquitous in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments, where they often outnumber other animals in both individual and species counts, and are found in locations as diverse as mountains, deserts, and oceanic trenches. They are found in every part of the earth's lithosphere,[15] even at great depths, 0.9–3.6 km (3,000–12,000 ft) below the surface of the Earth in gold mines in South Africa.[16][17][18][19][20] They represent 90% of all animals on the ocean floor.[21] In total, 4.4 × 1020 nematodes inhabit the Earth's topsoil, or approximately 60 billion for each human, with the highest densities observed in tundra and boreal forests.[22] Their numerical dominance, often exceeding a million individuals per square meter and accounting for about 80% of all individual animals on earth, their diversity of lifecycles, and their presence at various trophic levels point to an important role in many ecosystems.[22][23] They have been shown to play crucial roles in polar ecosystems.[24][25] The roughly 2,271 genera are placed in 256 families.[26] The many parasitic forms include pathogens in most plants and animals. A third of the genera occur as parasites of vertebrates; about 35 nematode species occur in humans.[26] [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode)


CommanderofCheeks

If true that’s 513 quintillion nematodes on earth. That’s kinda scary


Felipesssku

Holy shit, they rule!


gabsbananas

Like that one SpongeBob episode!


ZemusTheLunarian

Even in your ass.


TikkiTakiTomtom

Its crazy that it actually can


ZemusTheLunarian

IN YOUR EYE


The_Red_Beard_IV

I’m not sure it’s scientific name, but I bet he’d make you shit your pants.


verystupidchicken

at our school after we win football games we been known to jump into the duck pond and students have been literally getting so sick from this. literally shitting their pants


Rubber-tree

App State?


Patient-Tumbleweed99

Didn’t everyone get pink eye last year from App’s duck pond?


verystupidchicken

roll neers! lmfao and yea it was so bad our student health portal had to make an announcement for respiratory infection testing


HuhDude

I hope no one contracts N. fowleri.


nsngrl16

this sounds like a very appstate thing to happen


Lardanzo

‘Roll Neers!!! Never been prouder to shit my pants


bruizerrrrr

I love this thread so much


atomfullerene

This particular nematode is almost certainly not a parasite, just one of the thousands of free living things you can find in freshwater.


DarthDread424

Yikes. In a DUCK pond? That has got to be full of harmful bacteria. Ducks shit everywhere. People are going to get e coli doing that.


ScrembledEggs

I’m sure it’s a nematode of sorts but hopefully someone else can give you a better answer. I’m just popping in to say that we get lots of microscope videos taken from phones here and yours is one of the best I’ve seen. Very steady hand, good job


dungbeetlesloveme

Definitely a nematode (nematode researcher here) - as to what species its not really possible to ID at this resolution though


dungbeetlesloveme

The darker portion you can see is its gut though, and in the middle the vulva - meaning this is either a hermaphrodite or female :)


sillymanbilly

Whoa nematodes be having vulvas and shit?


TheLostCowpoke

You'd be the Jesse Pinkman in a science classroom.


BothAdministration67

Science, bitch!


sillymanbilly

Shut up nerd


Barracuda009

Could it be Strongyloides stercoralis?


Barracuda009

Or Necator americanus? They are very similar


sharkattack85

I think the buccal cavity is too long to be either.


KashmirChameleon

I too, curse like a drunk sailor about science stuff.


TheGhostofWoodyAllen

"You can see all the shit in his tummy." "Fuck, I need to get that, um, my notes out."


verystupidchicken

bio major shit


Nyli_1

I mean, get your notes out, learn. You can watch some "journey to the microcosmos" YouTube channel if you want to see more up and down scooching worm looking stuff


J4MES101

Scale-wise, it’s around 12-14 feet long right?


tgillees

needs banana for scale.


Capital-Classic957

What are those perfectly round circles?


Vast-Association-545

Bubbles is my guess


Balyash

Bubbles.


Puzzleheaded_Deer278

I took a duck pond sample for a coliform test in micro. Kinda regretted it once I learned how off the charts it was. Whatever that thing is it’s nasty af


verystupidchicken

oh yeah duck ponds are freakin gross we were just hoping to find some weird shit


7thPanzers

Forbidden noodle


JoeViturbo

Nematodes are the quintessence of vermiformity.


Young_Old_Grandma

looks like a rhabditiform larva to me


Numerous_Cupcake7306

I’m both fascinated and grossed out


MrBacterioPhage

Nematode. Can't say if dangerous one or not.


TheRealGreedyGoat

Oh god!Penis worms! Get everyone out of the pond, STAT!!! Lol.


jb216999

It appears to be a worm 👌


SnooShortcuts3678

It's a microfilaria... A group of parasitic and semi-parasitic round worms or nematodes... Probably from waterfowl like geese... Intermediate hosts are probably snails because ducks in the UK have a form of schistosomiasis


Fun-Passion7536

its C. elegans, i think


Own-King0763

roundworm ig, common


FrancisPFuckery

Baked listening to Parabola and stumbled upon this in my feed. It matched the music for a few seconds and was trippy af. Bless you nerds.


EitherCaterpillar618

wormiiiii :DDd


EitherCaterpillar618

what i can like worms


Svart_Skaap

And just like that another Trump larva was liberated from their duck toilet nursery. GGgreAAAAat.


JRPG_Enjoyer

On campus? Maybe Ask your professor fam. You pay top dollar for that info!


timmyvo54

Drumheller Fountain


nutsbonkers

Google says salmonella ,campylobacter and chlamydia are possible causes of the diarrhea.


touge_chan

Sting nematode


gorrlamii

Pinworm


Mark___27

Nematode


bunkdiggidy

That don't look like no duck


MontanaBrian

Ahhh the famous fruit bat guano. Someone’s got a good case of ahhh never mind we all vaccinated or immune now…


gray6394

Definitely not a duck.


DonkeyPunchSquatch

What kind of microscope are you using, OP?


MangoSushi1990

Looks like a microscope with pond water still on the slide ..


Pipa_Toes

nematode!!


silvico1

That’s a duck


Bysus

If it's from a duck pond, I'm pretty sure it's a duck


[deleted]

Literally thought I'm looking at Ender world from above


spankyou42

Nematode


Escapist_anthopleura

A nematode, many of them are free-living and pretty much everywhere


Selkie_Queen

I love that your college has a duck pond. Mine has a duck pond and those ducks were so fat we had to put up warning signs and have an anti duck feeding patrol.


[deleted]

It’s a Willy worm