This is what you swallow when you swim in the ocean!

These microscopic creatures swim with you in the ocean. So when you are swimming, if you swallow a little bit of water by accident, you may swallow some of these creatures.
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But don’t get scared! Microscopic life is always present in all aquatic ecosystems. This microscopic life is essential to maintain the overall health of aquatic ecosystems.
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If you were to swallow a little bit of ocean water by accident, it wouldn't make you sick. The hydrochloric acid that your stomach produces will kill the microorganisms that you ingest.
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The problem is when the aquatic ecosystems get polluted. This will alter the balance in the ecosystem and microorganisms such as bacteria will thrive. When ocean water contains excessive amounts of bacteria, this will lead to gastrointestinal infections, skin issues, or other worse problems.
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These are the microorganisms that you see in the video (in order of appearance):
Nauplius larva of a microscopic crustacean (copepod)
Diatom next to grains of sand
Broken frustule of a beautiful diatom
Dinoflagellate
Diatom
Colonial diatom (I believe it’s Chaetoceros) and a protozoan swimming
Another diatom colony forming a beautiful pattern
…and yes, that thing at the beginning of the video was a jellyfish.
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The diversity of life in the ocean is incredible (and necessary!).
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This video was recorded on the coast of Connecticut (USA) during the month of August.
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For this video I used an Olympus CX31 microscope at 40x, 100x, 200x, and 400x magnification.

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This was very calming.. and informative ofc 👍

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Should have wwwwaaaayyyy more views. Great video.

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so relaxing

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Loved this video!

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your voice is so calming lol

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I love the video

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Honestly don’t have time to watch the video right now, but saw you created a TH-cam channel; so I had to subscribe. Already know it’s gold. ❤️
Edit: I’ve now watched it, and let me say; this was even more elegant and entertaining that I had suspected. Absolutely amazing. The only thing I could maybe suggest is putting little subtitles for the names of the microorganisms? I’d love to research them more, but some of those names are wildly pronounced; let alone spelled. 🤪

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Thank you so much for your kind comment!!

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[@dr.bioforever2913]

Thanks so much for your input! Yes, you are totally right. I should start doing that. I did put the names in the description of the video but it sure isn’t the same

[@clockworkNate]

You should do this again, but the next slide add stomach acid to it and see what survives

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Buenos días, tus vídeos son muy interesantes, aunque no se inglés, un saludo

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Muchas gracias!! Un saludo para ti también

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Me encanta!

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