Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope Photos

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Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope Photos
All these pictures are from the book 'Microcosmos,' created by Brandon Brill from London.
This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human
body parts and household items. These are the most amazing images of what is too small to
see with the naked eye.

http://www.rense.com/ScanningElectronMicrosc.html


also...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html

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An ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

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Ufffffffffffffffffffffffff......Ponce <--------taking 10 showers a day intead of one every two weeks :oo-->, but first I have to find out what the water bugs look like.

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Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus). Lethocerus americanus is a large water bug (1-2 inches in length) commonly found in ponds and slowly moving fresh water. Also known as the "toe biter", it has the reputation of inflicting painful bites when carelessly handled. It normally feeds on other pond life: insects, tadpoles, salamanders, small fish, and snails. These large brown bugs may fly at night in search of mates or another pond. Adult insects do not breathe underwater, and Lethocerus returns to the surface regularly to breath though two short tubes, strap-like appendages, at the tip of the abdomen. These tubes allow for exchange of air from the atmosphere to a bubble of air trapped under the wings. Air enters the insect's body through holes, called spiracles, in the abdomen. Swimming is accomplished by means of flattened hind legs that are modified for this purpose and resemble oars. The powerful forelegs are tipped with a curved hook shaped claw and are used to grasp and hold prey. Lethocerus then injects a poison through a needle-like beak and sucks the tissue fluid of their prey.

[Ponce]

Is the end of the world, I am telling you, is the end of the world.........what kind of world is this when you can't even take a shower in safety?

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Please say it ain't so :oo-->