Virus
A virus is a tiny bundle of genes inside a shell of protein, usually smaller than a bacterium.
This picture is a cloud of paint. You can , , , , , , and .
Paint with your finger. It stays on these splats, wherever they go next.
Your paint is on this cloud. to see the sharp picture.
- Shelf
- Tiny World
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play
Tap it to make copies that bud off and drift away.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make copies | Tap | ||
| Copy | Button | ||
| Capsid | Color | #4fb3a9 | |
| Spikes | Color | #f0605d |
About it
A virus is a tiny bundle of genes inside a shell of protein, usually smaller than a bacterium. It cannot grow or copy itself on its own: it has to get inside a living cell, which then makes new copies of it. The spikes on its shell help it latch on to the right kind of cell.
This one's spikes sway gently. Tap it and a wave ripples through them, and two smaller copies bud out from behind it, drift apart and fade away. Most viruses are so small that only an electron microscope can show them.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,991 at Low, and up to 410,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
Share it
This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.
https://splashery.app/play/?toy=virus
<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="virus"></splashery-toy>
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NeuronA neuron is a nerve cell, the kind of cell that carries messages around the brain and body.