Microbia: It's the little things...

Upon entering this museum, we entered an elevator and told to look at our reflections on the ceiling, that got closer and closer and closer.  We stepped out into the room and we are welcomed by the words...

"When you look from really close, a new world is revealed to you.  More beautiful and spectacular than you could ever have imagined.  Welcome to Micropia."

The room is filled with Microscopes and information on all sorts of mini-life around/on/near us.

Here you can do a body scan and find out what lives on and in you. It is interactive and a little too detailed for me to handle - Gross

You can also see what type of kisser you are and get an estimated # of bacteria, so lovely!

Connor and Easton pose with their favourite microbe - the Water Bear.  This thing is really quite cool actually and can live for about 100 years, even being dehydrated, frozen, radiated, overheated, etc.!!

I didn't realise Malaria (on the left) and Ebola (on the right) were so beautiful! Although there is nothing beautiful about the effects on a person.

Here is the lab they grow all the microbes in. 

There are many more things at this museum, I confess I stopped here as I was feeling a bit too, up close and personal.  I did learn a lot of interesting things but to me, there are things I would rather not know about, haha.