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How does Paramecium obtain its food ?

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Amoeba uses their psuedopodia to grasp out to feed and create a food vacuole. Paramecium don.t “engulf” their food like amoebas do but take in particles of food through their “mouth” (oral groove). Paramecium create a food vacuole as well, but the vacuole is separate from the "mouth" where in amoebas engulf their prey and create a food vacuole then and there surrounding the food.
Paramecium have an immobile "stomach" (food vacuole) and have to bring food to it. Amoebas can create a "stomach" to surround the food their engulfing.
Also, paramecium have two nuclei: one for cellular functions (phagocytosis, protein synthesis, etc.), and one for reproduction. Amoebas have only one nucleus that carries out all functions.
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