Vorticella With No Stalk - Video

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Thu May 03, 2012 5:23 pm

Found in an hours old rain puddle beside the road. Not a place that stays wet. The road was still wet, and this puddle would disappear in hours.

Just goes to show how tenacious life is.

The video link.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:36 pm

Mirch,

Good that you are finding specimens. I have not seen that kind of specimen.

Rogelio

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Fri May 04, 2012 5:32 am

Thanks Rogelio. I have seen one other vorticella, when I first got the Fluophot, that dropped his stalk while I was watching and swam away. Apparently it does not happen often.