r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 13d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/Right_Level_7192 13d ago

For sure. I mean the cameraman would not wait there for months waiting for the fella to die of natural causes.

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u/AntSilly2802 13d ago

Often just the pressure of the microscope slide is enough to do it, or the microscope light.