20+ Unusual and Astounding Living Organisms

Containing many secrets hitherto undiscovered, the most striking pieces of evidence that human encountered has the greatest impasse for the mystery of life.

20+ Unusual and Astounding Living Lives (you Never Seen Before)

In every part of the surrounding, in which humans dwell in, no matter in water, land, air, or elsewhere, there reign tiny yet complex lives. The in depths study of these living organisms bring human a face to face consequence with an astounding miracle of the creation of God. The astounding part of the living organisms have led us some understanding of the awe-inspiring structure of every life from as small as 0.0000001 to over 0.1. These photomicrographs unveiled the miracle and astounding lives as illustrated below.

This microscope image was captured by Spike Walker. It shows a trachea of the silkworm which carries oxygen from the openings within the surface of its body or spiracles. The tracheal tubes are divided into a branch of Tracheoles in order to dispatch oxygen efficiently to the required tissues of this insect.

(Source: Klaus Bolte, Natural Resources Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.)

This photo shows a parasitoid wasp (Amisega floridensis) (90x). The parasitoid wasp is considered as beneficial to plants as it helps to control the populations of agricultural pests.

(Source: Annie Cavanagh and Dave McCarthy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK.)

This photo shows a carpet of red blood cells (also called erythrocytes) which clearly demonstrated their slightly indented, flattened and biconcave disc shape, in which the shape enlarges the surface area for the efficiency of the absorption and release of oxygen and carbon dioxide. This in turns enables the cells to move flexibly via the tinniest blood capillaries. These iron-rich protein hemoglobin cells are mainly manufactured in the bone marrow (soft tissue inside the bones), particularly in the bones that make up the spine, pelvis, skull, sternum (breastbone) and ribs of the vertebrates. Their lifespan is only 4 months and each day our body produces new blood red cells to replace those that are dead or lost from our body.

(Source: Dr. Jeffery Bowen, Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA.)

This photo shows a dragonfly (Kaleidofly of a Halloween Pennant) (1x). It looks like a delicate masterpiece of the mosaic.

(Source: Steven Valley, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division Salem, Oregon, USA.)

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11 Responses to “20+ Unusual and Astounding Living Organisms”
  1. R J Evans Says...

    On August 4, 2008 at 3:48 am

    Wow! Amazing stuff!


  2. IcyCucky Says...

    On August 4, 2008 at 8:01 am

    Incredible stuff..


  3. Darlene McFarlane Says...

    On August 4, 2008 at 8:46 am

    This was very interesting. Some of the photos are so beautiful, such as the prostate cancer cells that it’s hard to believe they could be anything malicious.


  4. Allisha Chaos Says...

    On August 4, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Very interesting!


  5. Judy Sheldon Says...

    On August 4, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    I’ll agree with Darlene, and add fascinating.


  6. valli Says...

    On August 5, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Fascinating.


  7. Lostash Says...

    On August 6, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Some beautiful photos here!


  8. tonisan60 Says...

    On August 9, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    These are very amazing animals, and very good shots, thank you for sharing them


  9. Jenny Carr Says...

    On September 4, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Amazing pics! Has everyone seen the video of the TickleMe Plant?
    I grew one and was a bit skeptical, even after seeing the plant move at http://www.Ticklemeplant.com but after just a few weeks I tickled the leaves and they really did close and it sort of drooped when I tickled it. They have some cool pics there as well.


  10. jo oliver Says...

    On September 7, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Great article. You always have the most amazing pics.


  11. Sue Says...

    On September 16, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Aren’t tickle me plant called mimosa pudica? it’s a common plant where i live.


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