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Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 4:00 pm
by Microbia
This is not a good looking video but I think it's interesting.
I was happy to catch this moment. I never saw before how one ciliate eats another.
400x.
Litonotus is a predator ciliate. It has trichocysts(cells with poison) which it uses like darts to kill and immobilize the prey before eating.
You can see in the video that the prey is completely paralized before it is eaten.
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:05 pm
by hkv
Very nice find and great video! Thanks for sharing!
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:14 pm
by billbillt
I completely DISAGREE with you!.. Your video is stellar!.... What a wonderful and interesting find!.. You bring a lot of enjoyment to this forum!...
The Best,
BillT
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:29 pm
by vasselle
Very nice
Cordialement seb
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:02 am
by Pat Thielen
I completely agree with Bill -- This is really an amazing video. You are capturing the natural history of these animals very well. Thanks for posting it!
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:25 pm
by Microbia
Thank you all! I'm just a newbie and I'm very pleased to read such comments.
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:16 pm
by Cyclops
That is a fantastic example of natural history behaviour study! Well captured and great to see!
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:57 pm
by billporter1456
An excellent catch! It's hard enough to capture Litonotus eating anything, much less two critters without such a short time span.
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:09 pm
by billbillt
billporter1456 wrote:An excellent catch! It's hard enough to capture Litonotus eating anything, much less two critters without such a short time span.
It is good to see you back, Bill P....
BillT
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:24 am
by billporter1456
billbillt wrote:billporter1456 wrote:An excellent catch! It's hard enough to capture Litonotus eating anything, much less two critters without such a short time span.
It is good to see you back, Bill P....
BillT
Thanks, BillT!