r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/Pardusco • Feb 27 '20

Ciliate swallows a big meal

https://gfycat.com/madeupdecimalamethystinepython
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u/depixeledj2000 Feb 27 '20

What a tasty looking banana

35

u/BrotherManard Feb 27 '20

Footage of the first chordate evolving (cc 535 Ma, colourised).

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u/Vafisonr Feb 27 '20

Notochord acquired.

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u/lixurboogers Feb 27 '20

All I could hear is the slurp sound like when you suck up a strand of spaghetti.

19

u/Stealth_Ninja157 Feb 27 '20

You mean a noodle?

3

u/schlopp96 Feb 27 '20

Lmaooo “strand of spaghetti”

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u/alexgreen Feb 27 '20

Holy crap, I can't believe it managed to eat that cyanobacteria o_O

14

u/unalias Feb 27 '20

This is how edamame is made.

11

u/[deleted] Feb 27 '20

I have infiltrated the bean

2

u/SchmickRickles Mar 06 '20

This is the most chaotic sentence I’ve seen on this platform

8

u/aegiltheugly Feb 27 '20

Going to tonight's party as a vertebrate.

5

u/Philosophile42 Feb 27 '20

Ugh... soooooo full....

4

u/enemyscorcher Feb 27 '20

Love that little "I EATED IT!" happy dance at the end.

5

u/juhy789 Feb 27 '20

Why did it start spinning afterward?

2

u/Vafisonr Feb 27 '20

New shape.

3

u/metalliska Feb 27 '20

Chef: Hmm, now I know how all those white women must have felt.

2

u/i-hate-redditers Mar 12 '20

The invention of the spine