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How do paramecium feed?

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Parameciums are very unique. They are little organisms that do not have brains, eyes, ears or a heart but can sense gravity, light and temperature. THEY EAT BY EATING THROUGH A HOLE IN ONE SIDE OF THEIR BODY, DIGEST IT, AND EXCRETE IT THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE. The side that they excrete it through, is called the anal pore.

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Bacteria, algae, and yeasts are things that paramecium feed on. To gather its food, the paramecium put its cilia to work. Its cilia sweeps the food along with water into the cell mouth after it drops into the oral groove. The food goes within the cell mouth into the gullet, or the stomach. When the gullet has reached a definite size it breaks away and forms a food vacuole.

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