The Roomba of the Microworld

Hey there! I present you the “Roomba“ of the microworld, Bursaria truncatella. This is one of the biggest single-celled organisms. They can be seen with the naked eye and some of these behemoths can be almost 2 millimeters long! 😳 . They are like the vacuum cleaners, they sweep the other organisms into their extremely wide mouth and swallow them 😋. Cell surface is cover with tiny hair-like structures called cilia, cilia used for locomotion and also their beating create a current that brings possible prey in