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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A paramecium feeds on organic matter in a pond. How does it capture food?

OpenStudy (mayankdevnani):

@kumar305 He used CILIA to capture food..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://101science.com/paramecium.htm hope this helps u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Here's a really nice (and short) video of a Paramecium feeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4aZE5FQ284 You can see the "mouth" in the centre of the cell and the food vacuole filling and then being pinched off. @mayankdevnani Cilia are involved in feeding, but I wouldn't say they're used to capture food, per se. It's more that the beating of the oral cilia is used to transport food items (e.g. bacteria) into the cytostome (mouth).

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