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[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think there's nematodes that we've blended up before, but instead you get a bunch of nematodes instead of just one.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

“Hey, Bob, watcha getting up to?”

“I’m just chopping up these worms.”

“… Why?”

“… sssssscience?”

“Holy shit, they’re all functioning individually!”

“Oh, thank fu- I mean, yeah, that’s what I was testing for. …Do we have any dogs?”

“…”

[–] Rezoie@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

basically tiny worms, often shorter than a few milimeters. it's the name for a whole group of different species, so some are microscopic while some can be several cm long