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The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball

2022-12-19

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Watching this Peranema feels a bit like watching a cat waffling back and forth between whether or not it wants to take a nap. Sometimes the Peranema stretches, its body undulating into an elongated, indescribable geometry as its flagella twitch like whiskers. And then, sometimes, it curls up into a cozy circle, tucking one end into itself the way any feline friend you might know curls up around the perfect beam of sunshine.

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SOURCES:

https://fmp.conncoll.edu/silicasecchidisk/LucidKeys3.5/Keys_v3.5/Carolina35_Key/Media/Html/Euglenoids.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35389-1

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/35/9/2198/5040135

https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/s3-91/15/279/64040/Investigations-of-the-Biology-of-Peranema

https://www.britannica.com/science/rhodopsin

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1265905/

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