• Question: why do you like watching cannibalism in cells?

    Asked by euano12345 to Dr D on 17 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by drelmo, trouserss, thomaspayne123, dangermousethecool, bobmarley42.
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      Andrew Devitt answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      It’s great to watch cells doing things.

      So you can watch whole organisms (humans, cheetahs, dogs, cats whatever) and they are great to watch what they do. But inside, there are cells all doing their own thing. And it’s what these cells do, that makes the organism do its stuff.

      I like to watch cells eating anything and there are some great vids on YouTube showing the chase, the kill and the eating. Search out ‘neutrophil chasing bacteria) or follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xh-bkiv_c

      Neutrophils make your spots green!

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