On this page: a short microscope movie showing swimming Spirostomum ambiguum
protozoa.
In the movie you can see that one of the animals, after colliding with detritus particles,
swims backwards. This is typical for 'ambiguum' (latin for 'go in two
directions'). On the movie stills at left, the individual ment is indicated in red.
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