* 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!