Amoeba-Euglena...video

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:50 am

Amoeba, Chaos possibly, surrounded by Euglena
One of the amoeba has captured a Euglena seen, alive, inside
Francisco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3QmkOSuZQw

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:05 pm

That's a lot of euglena. I wonder what draws them to the amoeba. Maybe the amoebe is like a flower and attracts them with smell or something similar.

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:01 pm

This is probably Polychaos dubium, a common species. You have to see the nucleus to be sure.
The Euglena are attracted by the light-beam of the microscope, not by the amoeba. Euglena are green plants, they need light to make food.

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:48 am

Mitch thanks for your comment
Thanks Ferry for the information.
Francisco