2021.04.04

Predatory Algae

When the sun disappeared, tiny coccoliths became hunters

A modern coccolith has holes that help with locomotion. / FROM “ALGAL PLANKTON TURN TO HUNTING TO SURVIVE AND RECOVER FROM END-CRETACEOUS IMPACT DARKNESS,,” BY SAMANTHA J.. GIBBS ET AL..,, IN SCIENCE ADVANCES,, VOL.. 6,, NO.. 44;; OCTOBER 30,, 2020

A modern coccolith has holes that help with locomotion. / FROM “ALGAL PLANKTON TURN TO HUNTING TO SURVIVE AND RECOVER FROM END-CRETACEOUS IMPACT DARKNESS,,” BY SAMANTHA J.. GIBBS ET AL..,, IN SCIENCE ADVANCES,, VOL.. 6,, NO.. 44;; OCTOBER 30,, 2020

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