Today's post adds a new feature to the Blue Lion Blog. In addition to traditional wildlife photography, the science geek in me has long enjoyed admiring the microscopic world through the lens of a microscope. The advent of affordable camera that can capture videos allow me to share some of my favorite ( and little known) microbes to those beyond the scope of my classes.
This video, titled "Amoebic Endocytosis" shows a single amoeba (about 1 mm across) feeding on the single celled flagellate, Chilomonas. The process of engulfing food like this is called endocytosis or phagocytosis.
ENJOY! There will be more of these videos to follow!
3 comments:
This is another of those things I never thought I'd see — a time when a camera for photographing single-celled organisms would be available to the average consumer. Even more amazing than 60-inch televisions.
Fascinating to watch your video. I guess everything has to eat something.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
This was so neat to watch! I have had to study this sort of thing, but have only seen still photos and this is so much better.
What an interesting video and a cool thing to watch. Thanks for sharing.
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