Bdelloid rotifer eating
This little animal uses its ciliae rings to aspire water, then it grinds it with its mastax organ. It mostly eats organic detritus and other microorganisms.
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From “Photographs of British Algae” by botanist Anna Atkins, 1843; this was the first published book to include photographic illustrations. A number of sources consider Atkins to be the first woman to take a photograph.
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