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NOBODY LEAVES 'TIL THE DAPHNIA SING

Nobody leaves til the daphnia singsNOBODY LEAVES 'TIL THE DAPHNIA SING

Sean Taylor and Mikael Fernstrom, Ireland.

Listen to the music made from the swimming motions of so-named water fleas and hear how these tiny crustaceans change their tune when infectious material enters their environment. watch under the microscope as the threat of contagion alterns the patterns of their movements and vocalisations. 

 

 

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch Sean and Mikael discuss their work here. 

 

 

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