This movie of a microscopic Spathidium ciliate feeding on a Vorticella ciliate beautifully illustrates the relationship between hunter and predator, even in the microscopic world of ciliate creatures. A phase contrast movie such as this requires imaging skill and patience since it can take quite some time to capture a predator in such a moment and skill to be ready to capture it visually when the opportunity presents itself.
2020 Small World in Motion Competition
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Honorable Mention
Spathidium ciliate feeding on Vorticella ciliate
Andrei Savitsky
- Location
- Cherkassy, Ukraine
- Technique
- Phase Contrast
- Magnifaction
- 20X (Objective Lens Magnification)