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Nematode remembers that people care for them (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by pebbles@sh.itjust.works to c/microscopy@mander.xyz
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Unfortunately the peertube instance I upload to is down, so you'll have to slum it with the YouTube link today.

I'll upload this to peertube.wtf once I can log in again.

EDIT: Peertube link is out now: https://peertube.wtf/w/jrR7ffgcv3t12btgsgy9W7

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[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you mean that it remembers that people care for it?

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah lately I've been titling my videos [subject creature] [feeling the music I wrote is trying to convey].

I don't think nematodes are social enough nor have memory such that they could remember that something cares about it.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very confusing title in that case

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I thought folks would see the title as obviously impossible, but it's hard to predict that kind of thing.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did think it obviously impossible, but what I didn't think impossible is the capacity of humans to anthropomorphize animals to this degree :-)

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Haha I definitely see that. I do like to try and make folks humanize microbes. It's quite fun as an art project. This video wasn't necessarily that, but often it doesn't take much more than just focusing on one subject for a while lol.