This is a Pleuronema, a hard to record unicellular organism, it can "jump" away very fast when it's startled by something. In this clip, a tiny alga is bumping into Pleuronema and scaring the bejesus out of it. 😂 . Pleuronema feeds mostly on bacteria, and it runs away when it's disturbed to protect itself from predators, at least that's what I believe. Unfortunately, there are not many studies on them. . It's tough to record it with high magnification objectives because when it jumps, it gets o

🦠 Cell's death under the microscope this video shows a tiny single-celled organism called paramecium 🧫 It died because of too much pressure between the slide and coverslip 😵💥 The pressure made its cell membrane burst, spilling everything inside 💧 You can see the endoplasm, macronucleus, and vacuoles float out 🌀 The two big round parts inside are called contractile vacuoles ⚪⚪ The video is sped up 6x to show it clearly ⏩👀 This is not due to a virus or disease ❌🦠 it’s not apoptosis either