• meyotch@slrpnk.net
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    2 hours ago

    Nonetheless it is in no way a phage. What might it be, do you think?

    I know it’s a joke meme, but I did not achieve my grand success in life by being ‘fun’. It’s just not my thing ;)

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 hours ago

      Probably a radiolarian skeleton. Check out pictures of the cornutella genus. The morphology and relative size to the tardigrades match up.

      Edit: score! Looking up tardigrade and cornutella together brought me to the source of the picture. I knew all that school was good for something. Here’s a screenshot because fuck Xitter: