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  • Zooflagellates: Feeding, Movement, and Characteristics of Heterotrophic Protists
    The type of protist you're describing is likely a zooflagellate. Here's why:

    * Captures food: Zooflagellates are heterotrophic, meaning they obtain their food by consuming other organisms.

    * No cell walls: They lack the rigid cell walls found in plants and some other protists.

    * Move from place to place: Zooflagellates use flagella, whip-like structures, for locomotion. This allows them to move around in their environment to find food.

    Examples of zooflagellates include:

    * Trypanosoma: A parasite that causes African sleeping sickness

    * Giardia: A parasite that can cause intestinal infections

    * Euglena: A unique protist that can act like an animal when it eats other organisms, but can also act like a plant through photosynthesis.

    Let me know if you have any other questions about protists!

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