Single-Celled Organism Eats

This is a single-celled organism and it’s hunting down another one. #shorts #art . The huntress here is a Lacrymaria olor. It means “Tears of a swan” because of it has a swan-like neck and tear like body. . Lacrymaria olor beats the hair-like cilia around its “head” and extends its neck up to 10 times of its body length. If we were able to do that, it would be like flapping your ears rapidly and extending your neck to ground level from the fourth floor. 😂 . The prey was already killed when the head touched it because there are also toxin-ejecting harpoon-like structures at the tip of the cell. They pierce the prey, and kill it right away. Sometimes, if the prey is bigger, it gets away but loses a chunk of its body. . Thank you for reading! Best, James Weiss