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A single cell that swims, hunts, and mates using thousands of oars, no brain required.
means A single-celled organism covered in tiny hairlike structures called cilia, which it beats rhythmically to swim and to sweep food into itself.
from From Latin 'cilium,' meaning eyelid or eyelash — the same root that gives us 'supercilious' (literally 'with raised eyebrow,' hence haughty). Scientists borrowed the word for these tiny hairs because under a microscope the fringes of beating filaments looked like rows of lashes blinking in unison.
- nucleus count
- two nuclei: one for sex, one for living
- locomotion
- cilia beat in coordinated waves, like tiny synchronized swimmers
- famous member
- paramecium, the pond water celebrity
- genetic oddity
- recycles its own DNA code differently than most life