Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
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.
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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.
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
Very nice find and great video! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
I completely DISAGREE with you!.. Your video is stellar!.... What a wonderful and interesting find!.. You bring a lot of enjoyment to this forum!...
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BillT
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Very nice
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
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!
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Thank you all! I'm just a newbie and I'm very pleased to read such comments.
Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
That is a fantastic example of natural history behaviour study! Well captured and great to see!
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
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
It is good to see you back, Bill P....billporter1456 wrote:An excellent catch! It's hard enough to capture Litonotus eating anything, much less two critters without such a short time span.
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Re: Litonotus hunts and eats 2 ciliates
Thanks, BillT!billbillt wrote:It is good to see you back, Bill P....billporter1456 wrote:An excellent catch! It's hard enough to capture Litonotus eating anything, much less two critters without such a short time span.
BillT