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A jumping ciliate
Species name:Uronema, Tribonema
AL-Museum AL-Museum
A tiny ciliate with a indentation in the middle of its body is completely still. Its cilia are extended but unmoving, as if it were in a coma. For some reason, it suddenly jumps to another location. How is such a quick reaction possible from a state of immobility ?