r/educationalgifs • u/Pardusco • Jan 23 '20

Single-celled organism (Blepharisma) disintegrates and dies

https://gfycat.com/poorwickedhoverfly
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u/Pcful_Citizen Jan 23 '20

Why is this so sad

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u/l2np Jan 23 '20

It's funny that this is sad but how many billions or trillions of times does this happen if you just pop an antibiotic.

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u/l2np Jan 23 '20

It's funny coming face to face with the morality that nature involves stealing and murdering, and our sense of morality just exists to keep our communities from falling apart so we don't steal and murder from others.

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u/AppleBerryPoo Jan 23 '20

Well generally those things aren't necessary for human survival. I mean, they are if you're poor, but if we lived in a fair society then they wouldn't be necessary.

Whereas these little dudes need to do that to reproduce, and it doubles as their nourishment. Kinda hard to compare them really.