Lacrymaria Feeding

Lacrymaria is a ciliate that can extend its neck many times the length of its body to search for food. In these three scenes, Lacrymaria successfully hunts and ingests other organisms.

In perhaps the strangest scene I have witnessed, this video shows a large Lacrymaria attacking and ingesting a smaller Lacrymaria. This may be the first cannibalistic activity by Lacrymaria ever caught on film.

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