A Giant Paramicium

I was looking at a gigantic paramecium. It had cilia all over its body. The cilia are to keep it moving. They're very thin so it's hard to see them.

It had two contractile vacuoles which were pumping like a heart. They are to pump the water. It was sucking the water to get bacteria - just like a vorticella! The water went right over the other side.

What was more amusing was that we could actually see the inside of it moving.

I love it.

Colpidium and other small creatures

I was wishing to see water bacteria. I got some water from the bottle and watched the bacteria.

Inside was full of small, tiny germs! The one that I could see most clearly was small paramecium which were named Colpidium. There were lots of colpidium and they were sucking the water to eat germs. The water went out.

I was kind of wishing that the colpidium was eating lots of germs because it fascinated me. But on the other hand, I was sorry for the germs.

The colpidium was transparent and was moving so quickly. I was disappointed by the fact that I couldn't see the inside of it and the fact that it was moving so fast that we had to wait until there was not much water to swim. I kept on shouting "Stop moving and let me look at you in peace!!!" but the colpidium wasn't listing.

I had a lot of fun watching them.