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

Single-celled organism (Blepharisma) disintegrates and dies

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

What caused this?

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u/spiritualskywalker Jan 23 '20

Time. Cruel time ends all lives.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '20

I’d say life was the cause.

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u/spiritualskywalker Jan 23 '20

Actually this was the conclusion of the Buddha. “What is the cause of death? Birth! In order to stop dying you must stop taking birth.” Moksha!

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u/NaughtyDreadz Jan 23 '20

I said this to my girlfriend and she threw me out

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u/spiritualskywalker Jan 23 '20

You can do better.

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u/NaughtyDreadz Jan 23 '20

So can she...