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This miniature ecosystem has been thriving in an almost completely isolated state for more than forty years. It has been watered just once in that time.The original single spiderwort plant has grown and multiplied, putting out seedlings. As it has access to light, it continues to photosynthesize. The water builds up on the inside of the bottle and then rains back down on the plants in a miniature version of the water cycle.As leaves die, they fall off and rot at the bottom producing the carbon dioxide and nutrients required for more plants to grow.
Icanttakenothingserious
Now if he can only figure out how to tie this thing to his house and actually fly away we'd have a Pixar movie on our hands
grindfkr
Someone should Photoshop some weed in there.
LandK22
"Want me to stand by it" no no just hold it creepily
MileHighLivin
The internet has ruined me, and I now begin my search through the comments to find if he's just some artist who shoved a vine in a jar.
Fla1lure
It probably isn't. The system has every chemical compound it would need and entropy is covered via sunlight. Anyway I believe it.
Berley
Nah mate. These are very simple to make and require only a tight seal for the top. Very possible. I even have a few going on right now.
Dirtyelite
I read somewhere that enough oxygen is produced by a money tree, a fern, a palm and a couple others that you could theoretically.....1/2
Dirtyelite
2/2 sit in an airtight container with these plants and not suffocate. They produce that much oxygen. It mightve been a TED TALK.
lostnortherner
TIL I learned there's a money tree. Brb telling my dad he was wrong.
OSCgal
:-) It's not that exciting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachira_aquatica
SplendidoSplendente
2/2 die of oxigen poisoning if you put them in the same room and stay there for 10 seconds.
KillerKittyKhajiit
Astronauts and scuba-divers (when inside their respective suits) breath 100% oxygen. in the ISS, they have mostly nitrogen and a bit of oxy
herzatz
"Isolated" "has access to light"
Fla1lure
To be fair, it is isolated in terms of gas/water/organics etc. If you take the fully physical definition of the word, then it isn't isolated
ImDyslexicSoWhat
All i want to know is where do you get a bottle like that.?
Berley
Antique stores! Unless you find a glass blower's shop. Couldn't imagine any where else without paying way too much
HowlingDysphoria
Become a Level 15 alcoholic
TheStealthHippopotamus
Amazon. Just like everything else!
ImDyslexicSoWhat
Shipping would be mad expensive to ireland
TheStealthHippopotamus
You're in Ireland? Just have a leprechaun make one for you!
bandedtoad
Bernie Sanders is trying anything to snag delegates now, isn't he?
questionablesmell
He'sjust trying to legalize marijuana
LumberjackPirates
Well that's cool
SpearFisher
Put a couple thousand of these orbiting the sun at some measured distance to keep/protect the cycle of life going while separated from earth
Thickfr3akness
I just wanna know what the inside smells like.
badassmuthawhodonttakenocrapoffanobody
I wonder what it smells like in there
Berley
A lot like autumn after a rain, interestingly enough. Probably because of decay and moisture in the air inside it.
MeowMckittyface
Thought that was a big jar of the reefers from the tiny pic.
GustavosAguilar
Infinite weed supply..
TheStealthHippopotamus
What is in there turning the O2 back into CO2?
Ravic43
How does it breathe when it doesn't have access to light? Do you have to keep a light on 24/7?
silmarilen
My old school has one of those things aswell.
aaronthe7
swweet that looks like some good weed.
TOTOAFRICA
This is cool and all, but I'm supposed to be studying for an Environmental Science test and this is reminding me of it
Torxed
I built my own version! Raspberry Pi as a humidity+temp sensor with wifi and solar panels (off the grid). It's kinda fun actually!
exitparadise
It'd be a real shame if someone removed that cork... *leans in for closer look*
somellama
i've never felt less needed.
TurbulentShart
I'd bet my mom could still somehow manage to kill it.
Engxo
Has she ever had a "false" rose of jericho (note: false, not fake) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkgz9jl0FsA
TurbulentShart
Nope, but she'd probably kill it.
Engxo
She had to actually try to kill then, since as far as I know the rose of jericho can sprout into green-ness even after decades without water
needtobetouched
Son?
TurbulentShart
Probably not. =p
Conceptical
That username
ImaCarGuy
Your mom helped me grow something last night
TurbulentShart
Old-fart pancake tits really do it for ya, eh?
darearkin
Fuck that, -I- could manage to kill it. I managed to underwater a fucking cactus.
merryphysics
I overwatered mine. Too nurturing, perhaps?
darearkin
I MADE CACTUS CRISPIES OUT OF THE THING. It wasn't overwatering. xD
merryphysics
On the bright side, you may have stumbled upon an excellent idea for a breakfast cereal.
FloodingWaters
yeah, cacti don't do well underwater. You're thinking of seaweed.
IAmTheBadW01f
I'm a little afraid to ask, but what exactly is a "fucking" cactus?
TurbulentShart
Well, if you're brave enough...
CaptainSeahorse7
vnqx
Or you overwatered it.
darearkin
No, trust me. I underwatered it. Cacti don't usually turn into cacti jerky because of overwatering.
scienceguy0402
Well now I know what my start up is gonna be
Texaggie2012
I'd buy and try
DinoKebab
Well does she always kills it in bed.
TurbulentShart
You trying to tell me you fucked my mom? …You might wanna go get tested. Seriously. Now. You're already having trouble formulating sentences
DinoKebab
Thank you for the heads up x
TurbulentShart
No worries, I just hope you didn't catch anything incurable.
DinoKebab
Fingers crossed it's just the common aids.
Tazmo523
My mom had a fake plant in her house that the leaves would fall off of
GraysonWayne
You're kinda fucked if you ever log out huh.
TurbulentShart
...No. I'll just log back in using my email and my password...
dojan5
Oh that'd be easy - remove the external source of energy.
Budborne
How can I do this myself? Am I the only one here that wants one?
inkpod
It's much like wardian case.
xolypheus
Google "how to make a terrarium
Schmapplesauce
Ecosphere*
Bambing
I support this comment
HappyEngineer
Read this as 'how can I do this TO myself'
RelativelyRelevantRelative
Step one: Get some seeds. Step two: SHOVE 'EM UP YOUR BUTTHOLE
zorrofuerte
You can also do it with a winogradsky column and have pretty colonies of bacteria.
visgurian
That's a little bit horrifying.
AmyBethMegJo
They were a big deal in the 70s. We made little ones in school, and my uncle had one about the size of the one in this post.
FlyingHawks
I wouldn't say "big deal" :-/
SergeantOldSchool
Yeah, because the "big deal" then was pet rocks. People actually BOUGHT pet rocks.
frozenpie22
The inventor became a millionaire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock
AmyBethMegJo
I admit that I bought one for my sister (we were teenagers in the 70s). I thought they were whimsical. She did not.
AmyBethMegJo
Well, yeah, not a BIG deal. The 70s had a lot of fads and this is one of them.
FlyingHawks
Oh, OK. Not a BIG deal. I get it. I get things.
AmyBethMegJo
I had a pair of rainbow toe socks that I always wore when rolling skating. The 70s were fun.
VigorousButtstuff
A two litre bottle, an airplane plant, some scissors, some soil, and a little bit of luck.
GlowingBalls
My brother has one of these, though it looks way less impressive after 3 years. It's basically a swamp in a jar and it smells horrible.
Berley
Sounds like he added way to much water. Should only need a spray or two every so often unless it is closed, then the soil should be dryish.
whozefackareyou
Photos?
GlowingBalls
I just made a post about it: /a/CCKKZ
TooFunkToDrunction
A company called "Ecosphere" sells them except they are aquariums with plants and little shrimp.
daf4ever
I have a Ecosphere... had about 10 shrimps.. 1 by 1 disspeared... 1 month later only 1 survived... I think that bugger ate the other ones
daf4ever
that was over 2 years ago and that Killermaniac is still alive
hylian
It's very inhuman to those shrimp.
mousecove
Yeah they never get to live out their dreams of going to college and writing the great American novel
hylian
More like it cuts their lifespan to 1/10th of what it could be while they slowly starve to death. :(
TooFunkToDrunction
Can't accurately gauge lifespan. Many of those tanks have them live 7+ years
TooFunkToDrunction
That isn't proven. It's definitely shorter but when the company puts them in the tank they don't know how old the shrimp are,