This video shows a paramecium in motion among dirt in a water sample. The water sample was obtained at approximately 7:00 pm from the Caltech turtle pond. Teaching assistants took samples using plastic containers and droplets were pipetted onto slides.

The paramecium is of domain Eukaryota. The image shows the unicellular, oval organism. Its cell is highly organized with membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus.

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