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Journey to the Microcosmos

S3 · E19 — Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside

S3:E19 · Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside

Episodes

24 episodes in this season

E1

We Upgraded Our Microscope!

10 min

E2

How Do Microorganisms Poop?

10 min

E3

Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes

10 min

E4

Our Paramecia Are Infected

10 min

E5

Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators

10 min

E6

The Fungus That Traps and Kills Nematodes

10 min

E7

Ophyroglena: The Tricky Transforming Ciliate

10 min

E8

Can Microbes See Without Eyes?

10 min

E9

Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist?

10 min

E10

Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller

10 min

E11

Didinium: The Paramecium Hunter

10 min

E12

Some Water Bears Live on Land

10 min

E13

The Case of the Mistaken Amoeba

10 min

E14

This Ciliate Is About to Die

10 min

E15

Strange Stentor Stories

10 min

E16

The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

10 min

E17

How Did Multicellularity Evolve?

10 min

E18

Actinobolina: A Tiny Predatory Porcupine

10 min

E19
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Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside

10 min

E20

Why Do Bacteria Move Like Vibrating Chaos Snakes?

10 min

E21

Dinoflagellates: The Algae That Saved an Astronaut

10 min

E22

Moss & Lichen: Which One Is Actually a Plant?

10 min

E23

Suctorians: The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates

10 min

E24

Pelomyxa: The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet

10 min