Journey to the Microcosmos: Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive?
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This Loxodes magnus is large, so large that it was able to eat a rotifer. Except, that the rotifer is moving. It’s alive. It's twisting and turning inside of the food vacuole it’s been stuffed into, and starting to fight back. Part of the "Journey to the Microcosmos" series.
Media Details
Runtime: 17 minutes 15 seconds
- Topic: Science
- Subtopic: Animal Behavior, Biology, Microbiology
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
- Release Year: 2022
- Producer/Distributor: Complexly
- Series: Journey to the Microcosmos
- Writer: Polly O'Shea
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