I was studying when I was struck by this question. Why do paramecium eat? Do they "feel" hunger? Do they eat because they "know" they have to in order to survive (i. e. intelligence)?
2007-02-09 19:06:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
All cells need nutrition to live; even one-celled animals.
Survival is a natural instinct. Nutrient consumption and waste disposal are essential to survival.
2007-02-09 19:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paramecium Niche
2016-12-12 10:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the roles of the paramecium (it's ecological niche) is to control bacteria and other autotrophs(living things that produce it's own food source). The paramecium is a Hetrotroph (depends on autotrophs for food).
But to answer you question completely, I would suspect that parameciums and most hetrotrophs eat continuously ( 24 / 7 ). I suspect that they are God's little vacuum cleaners. As soon as a paramecium has digested its food, it quickly goes after more.
2007-02-09 19:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by BIGDAWG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paramoecium eats because it is a living thing.All living things eat to survive.U see that's the difference between living and non living things.So far man thinks it doesn't have intelligence.But u know there is a possiblity.It is true that it doesn't have a brain.But even that brain is necessary for feeling and thinking is only man's discovery.If u can prove other way around then Bravo!
2007-02-09 19:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine that they eat almost continuously. The bacteria they catch are contained and digested in vacuoles, so perhaps all the nutrients are not released into the cell at once. Perhaps what you consider hunger in Paramecia is just a chemical deficiency, say, of a particular nutrient, this could trigger a response to become more active in feeding.
2007-02-09 21:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by Terracinese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I was studying when I was struck by this question. Why do paramecium eat? Do they "feel" hunger? Do they eat because they "know" they have to in order to survive (i. e. intelligence)?
2015-08-17 04:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they certainly don't 'know' they have to eat in order to survive. That much is obvious.
They don't 'feel' hunger the same way they do, but they are driven to eat. It's in their genetic makeup.
2007-02-09 19:10:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are machine like. They move towards food because they have receptors that trigger movement towards food. They do this because evolution favored those that move towards food. There is no thought or complex feeling, just preprogrammed responses and simple chemical behaviors.
2007-02-09 19:13:11 · answer #8 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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They are single celled organisms that feed on bacteria and other small cells.
2016-04-07 10:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋