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Amoebae

Giant Amoebae on (Extremely Slow) Rampage

March 10, 2010

This is so cool. I totally missed it when it came out in November 2008. If you did too, here’s your second chance.

In Russia, amoeba study YOU.
OK, giant deep-sea amoebae that roll around like possessed dust bunnies? AWESOME. The 411. Though this group had just been discovered in the Arabian Sea in 2000, it seems [...]

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The Hungry Amoeba

August 2, 2009

Oh, those wily amoebae. I think we’ve all had days like this at the office. Some sensitive viewers may find this disturbing, although no more disturbing, I suppose, than watching a gazelle get chased down by a cheetah on the Discovery Channel.

The poor little guy who gets it in this video is a little ciliate [...]

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Look before you leap

March 7, 2009

Hi. You have reached the blog of Jennifer Frazer, science writer and overenthusiastic naturalist. Thanks for checking in! However, I’m not actually officially here yet as I’m still working on getting this thing designed, so you will have to be patient. There will be plenty of great amoeba/protist/lichen/zygomycete/ctenophore/bdelloid rotifer action coming very soon. I just [...]

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