• rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Because here’s the other wacky thing about Euglenids. In times of stress, these organisms wrap themselves up in a protective cyst, which looks sort of like a three-dimensional thumbprint, and enter a dormant state.

      The resemblance really is uncanny! I wonder if each one is unique?