May 31
Pencil studies of an Amphileptus ciliate, who I watched ambush and swallow up a little Synchaeta rotifer into its cell and felt humbly reminded that multicellular animals are not necessarily above single-celled organisms in the food chain.
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Pencil studies of an Amphileptus ciliate, who I watched ambush and swallow up a little Synchaeta rotifer into its cell and felt humbly reminded that multicellular animals are not necessarily above single-celled organisms in the food chain.
“So protist have evolved these various appendages that allow them to move in a viscous environment. And that's because movement is essential, whether it's within a confined area or freely through space. It takes hunters to their prey, and it takes prey away from their hunters.”
Journey to the Microcosmos- Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller
Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs
Arthrospira 630x, Heteronema 400x, Single-celled organism tries to eat a tardigrade 100x, Spirochete bacterium 630x, Amphileptus 400x, Didinium 200x