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Chris caught these organisms in a plankton net he made. He wrote to us asking if we could help identify them. Chris guessed that one was a dinoflaggelate and the other was a mystery. Do you have a guess?

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Sue Thao, Scott Haire and Karen Wilkinson trying
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Chris holding the net that he made.
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How many different kinds of organisms live in water? Are there differences between salt water and freshwater organisms? What does pond water look like under a microscope?

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