Recommended Ages: 3+ Years

GIANTmicrobes® plushies are stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes, only about a million times the actual size! They're a humorous, educational, and fun spin on an otherwise messy subject matter. They were originally designed as a teaching tool to help small children learn about the importance of hand-washing.

• This set includes 5 GIANTmicrobes®
• Each plush stuffed toy comes with an image and information about the real microbe it represents
• Fun and creative way to start the discussion about microbes as they relate to the study of microbiology
• These unique plush stuffed animals make great learning tools and toys
• A cute gift/reminder/warning for any college student
• An amusing gift that is a great way to give someone a micro-organism without that pesky trip to the Doctor's office

This Bundle Includes:

• Bone Cell
      - Your bones are made primarily of an intricate edifice of mineralized tissue laid down by bone cells like a coral reef.
• Fat Cell
      - The average human body has 40 billion corpulent little cells whose primary job is to make you fat!
• Nerve Cell
      - There are a lot of different kinds of nerve cells. Motor neurons shock our muscles into action; sensory neurons in our eyes and ears are stimulated by light and sound, on our nose and tongue by chemicals for smell and taste, and on our skin by touch; and an untold number of other interneurons transmit impulses within the central nervous system and the brain.
• Hair
      - Hair provides natural warmth and protection from injury, both from pointy objects and from solar UV rays. Nearly all mammals are entirely covered by thick, terminal hair with some exceptions (such as elephants, rhinoceri, hippopotami, pigs, whales, walruses, us...)
• Muscle Cell
      - There are three kinds of muscle cells: cardiac (the involuntary thumping muscles found in the heart), smooth (the involuntary muscles such as those that line blood vessels, the gastro-intestinal tract, and the lungs) and skeletal (the familiar muscles attached by tendons to bones).

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Warranty: 90 Day Woot Limited Warranty