Single-celled Lacrymaria olor Hunts Down Another Cell

This is a Lacrymaria olor hunting down another single-celled organism. Look how precise and vicious it is, LOVING it! . Lacrymaria olor is a beautifully named single-celled organism, its name means “tears of a swan“. So poetic! . Lacrymaria olor beats the hair-like cilia around its ’head“ and extends its neck up to 8 times 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. 😂 What a scene! . And can you see how it swallows the whole thing? Ahh, I really cannot get enough of them! So fascinating! 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 puncture the prey and killed it right away. Sometimes, if the prey is bigger, it gets away but loses a chunk of its body. . Thank you for reading, and please click the link to donate to my campaign. . Best, James Weiss