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There are many reasons one might want to make slides of samples that already exist. Firstly though, the ones i was showing in this stream are all antique slides i have collected from eBay auctions, not ones i have made myself. But i do plan to make my own too. Some good reasons to make slides with samples that already exist elsewhere is simply to have a higher quantity of them. If there was only ever 1 single preserved sample of a thing then only 1 person could study it at a time. Another reason is species variety. Many of the tardigrade you see form different people online look the same, but in fact are rarely the same species. You can find at least one new species of something in every persons yard. whether it is a bacteria, virus, micro-animal, diatom, algae, or something bigger like slugs and snails, worms or even insects. Just because it looks the same doesn't mean they are identical. You also need to practice on available subjects. You don't' want your first time ever mounting something to be a rare find that's never been seen before. It's highly likely that you are going to screw it up. It takes allot of practice to make good mounts. And another good reason to make your own is those who want to make their own personal collection. Think of someone who collects stamps and puts them in a book, or baseball cards, or how about Pokémon cards? These things are produced in the 10's of thousands per unit and yet everyone tries to get 1 of each and the end goal is everyone has the exact same collection. With slide craft every single one is different, even if the subject sample is the same. In terms of digital documentation, you will find that only about 1% of prepared slides are documented in any suitable way. On top of that, having only digital documentation to work from is impractical as you are bound by the scanners images. Maybe you would have liked to zoom in closer on a specific part that they didn't. You will also get a better image looking directly through the eyepieces at the subject than what you will get from a photomicrograph of it. Having the physical sample is just far more practical for actual research terms. And lets not forget the final reason to make your own permanent slides. And that is... fun! If it's not something you enjoy doing, don't do it. But there are plenty of people who do it as a fun little hobby and love doing it.

@@JessieTehEmoGurl most antique permanent slides are bad , especially those they sell on ebay. Some universities have old preparations. But these nowerdays are all documented digital because of decomposition. In my microscopic investigations i neither have the space nor the time to make permanent slides. Also it is much easier to find the preparations if they are in a digital database. For some species like the tardigardes i need raster electron images and order them. These images are so much better than with light microscopy and all are digital because the electron beam does destroy the surface to some extend, especially if you do EDX analysis. But i see that you are an hoby-microscoper and i do professional microscopic investigations and have my dr. rer. nat. degree from university. Finding new species or new knowledge is so much more exciting than collecting old boring stuff that everybody knows. I think you waist time and money doing this. I see that you are an beginner, i work over 50 years with microscopy and have over 20 light microscops some by DIY. You should look for something you dont know then make fotos and videos and search in books and internet if it is known insted of making or buying permanent slides

@@lotharmayring6063cool history, I’m glad it makes you happy. And I’ll continue doing what makes me happy too :)

@@JessieTehEmoGurl this is a very silly way to end every discussion. Any scientific investigation is not made to make scientist happy also not me. You can look at nature with the eyes that god gave you to be perfect happy. But if you take a microscope to look at nature it makes you not happier because in macro you see the same as in micro. A microscope is made for scientific investigation not for fun or happiness

😱😱😱 that is... savage... Like the idea.

Thank you!

😊 thank you