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PICA Day 23: Daphnia pulex

girls are very “happy” to have new algae, they are super active and somersaulting. Several of the adults have died but there are maybe a hundred babies. I spent a bit of time today watching - such a pleasure.

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how do we change when we care for other bodies?

What does it mean to care for fruit flies, slime mold, daphnia, hydra, or soil nematodes in a gallery? Is it possible to develop a different relationship between Candida albicans (commonly known as thrush) and humans by caring for it? How do we care for creatures that are not cute, furry or even visible? Is it appropriate – or ethical – to contain organisms in glass terrariums and keep them for our own purposes, aesthetic, cultural, educational or scientific? These are just some of the questions under investigation…

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