Paramecium

The slipper-shaped sprinter of the microscopic world/Microscopic Life

Paramecium is a single-celled organism found in freshwater environments around the world. Shaped like a slipper and covered in thousands of hair-like cilia, it moves with a graceful spinning motion that would be beautiful if you could see it without a microscope. Paramecia are voracious predators of bacteria and algae, sweeping food into their oral groove like a microscopic vacuum cleaner. They can also learn from experience, despite having no brain whatsoever.