#planaria — Public Fediverse posts

To find the subject of my PhD in the garden pond at my very Cambridge college, that made my day.

Planaria, genus Schmidtea, swimming near the surface:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270690367

#iNaturalist #flatworms #planaria #Pembroke1347

A snake-headed flatworm (Rhynchodemus sylvaticus), I think. They eat mollusks, springtails, spiders, and small insects. New Paltz, NY. #planarium #planaria #nature #flatworm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOslBRx4lT0

@iBlame

When I was a child, I used to go through my Dad's #invertebrate #zoology textbook left over from college.

I remember being fascinated by the #worm you could cut down the middle and it would grow two heads.

Who knew this would be relevant to current events almost 60 years later?!

https://rsscience.com/planarian-regeneration/

#planaria #flatworms

a bunch of #flatworms looking cute as heck

#aquarium #planaria #worms #invertebrates

#Planaria are freshwater #flatworms that have become a key model for studying #regeneration and #stem #cells, as they can regenerate any part of the body, even the head. But how does the animal know what part of its body is missing and what kind of tissue it needs to #regenerate?
#Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/bio02142301.html