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Recently I noticed a ciliate that appeared to have swallowed a diatom, is this possible? I thought they are tiny bits of food like phytoplankton. It was quite a large ciliate so it could accommodate the diatom easily.

Until last October we lived in West Sussex Southern England, we moved to Turkey to enjoy our retirement, I have always loved science and as a teenager my parents bought me a microscope which I used on and off for many years, last year I bought modern Uscamel scope plus a Bresser camera I love to vid...