• Question: what are radiolarians?

    Asked by anon-232900 to Varun, Sammie, Rebecca, Anna, Alin, Adam on 18 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Varun Ramaswamy

      Varun Ramaswamy answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      Wow, that’s an interesting question. Radiolarians are those cute little single-celled creatures that look like really pretty shells when you see them through a microscope.
      You can usually find them in the oceans.

    • Photo: Rebecca Shaw

      Rebecca Shaw answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Yeh, Varun is right they are teeny tiny single celled organisms (protozoa) and they are mostly found in marine environments. They feed on plankton and algae and are basically at the bottom of the food web. So fish and crabs will eat them as part of their diet.

    • Photo: Samantha Firth

      Samantha Firth answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Just googled these! They’re so interesting – thanks for bringing them to my attention 🙂

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