#coleps

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Journey to the Microcosmos- Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators

Images Originally captured by Jam’s Germs

Quote Spoken by Hank Green

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Journey to the Microcosmos- Peritrich Ciliates: Masters of Long-Range Snacking

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Campanella 200x, Vorticella 400x, Vorticella 200x, Vorticella 400x, Vorticella & Coleps 400x, Vorticella 200x

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Journey to the Microcosmos- How to Survive the Microcosmos

Images originally captured by Jam’s Germs

Ciliate repairing itself 400x, Homalozoon 200x, Collotheca 600x, Testate amoeba attacked by Coleps 200x, Ciliate 400x, Lacrymaria hunting 400x

[adelicateculturecell]

Journey to the Microcosmos:  How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Oscillatoria 200x, Coleps eating cyanobacteria 600x, Merismopedia 400x, Cyanobacteria 400x, Anabaena 400x, and Cyanobacteria 400x

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Journey to the Microcosmos-  How to Survive the Microcosmos

Images originally captured by Jam’s Germs

Histophagous ciliates attacking a worm 200x, Lacrymaria hunting 400x, Ciliate 200x, Testate amoeba attacked by Coleps 400x, Collotheca 200x, Homalozoon 200x

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Journey to the Microcosmos!

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Journey to the Microcosmos!: Meet the Microcosmos

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Coleps in dark-field. 

They are common freshwater protists that are covered in little scales. They swim by spinning themselves around with cilia. 

Also, tricks of the light can make then look rainbow-y under the microscope, sort of like a gemstone. 

They normally feed on bacteria and detritus, but some have toxic organelles that they can inject into prey (don’t worry though, they are harmless to humans)