Short video of an Amoeba expelling a couple of diatoms
I have seen several videos showing an Amoeba ingesting one or more Diatoms. Since the cell wall of a Diatom is silica and not digestible by the Amoeba, at some point the Amoeba must get rid of what's left of the Diatom. Not having seen videos showing this, I thought it might be worthwhile to upload this video which shows the main elements of this process.
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