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A jumping ciliate

Species name: Uronema, Tribonema

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A tiny ciliate with a indentation in the middle of its body is completely still. Its cilia are extended but unmoving, as if it were in a coma. For some reason, it suddenly jumps to another location. How is such a quick reaction possible from a state of immobility ?

AL-Museum

(2015.08.06)

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