Plate 389
Paramecium
A paramecium is a living thing made of a single cell, shaped a bit like a slipper, that lives in ponds and puddles.
- Family
- Tiny World
- Origin
- Raised from a recipe
- Habit
- Diurnal: kept on the page
- Voice
- Yes, with the sound on
- Licenses
- CC0
How to play
Tap it to swim a loop. Try the Swim slider in the Splash tab.
Notes
It is covered in thousands of tiny hairs called cilia, which beat in waves like oars to row it through the water. A groove in its side sweeps in bacteria to eat.
Tap it and its cilia beat hard as it swims a full loop and comes back to where it was. A paramecium is just big enough to see with a magnifying glass, as a tiny moving speck.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swim a loop | Tap | ||
| Swim | Slider | 0 to 100% | 50% |
| Loop | Button | ||
| Color | Color | #7fcb98 |
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,999 at Low, and up to 370,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Water, Gentle Movement.wav (paramecium-swim.mp3) | Daen23 | CC0 1.0 |