Blepharisma & Friends

Blepharisma, Volvox, Euglena, and Paramecium cavort in this pond water sample. An especially great view of Blepharisma and the euglena captured in its food vacuoles.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Blepharisma
• Volvox
• Euglena
• Paramecium
• jsmead

[whoami]

The Blepharisma seems to be in a jam there...

[grecoeldal]

This is awesome!

[sFzpianissimo]

I do believe the blepharisma isn't stained, I think they're pink all on their own and they eat by moving their cilia to move water and food through its oral groove into a food vacuole.

[camicuti97]

Oh, God. Science is just too cool.

[frostfacer]

@computeruserable volvox have flagella..

[reptiguy1210]

im in 5th grade and im learning all this in science dunno why lol theyre so fuckin cooooooool

[IluvHKong]

what are the green things inside the blespharisma and which is the paramecium?

can someone tell me how to distinguish btw those two protists? thanks

[BirdWhisperer46]

I've never heard of this guy before. How does it eat? I saw nothing like a mouth on it. Did you stain it?

Very nice video.

[superaly45]

i watched this at school today

[Activethrasher00]

arg. nobody every puts magnification or staining techniques.

[izzy18334]

omg