Cross-Eyed Creature

In class, we are doing a unit when we look under a microscope at a series of living organisms and do labs on those organisms. One of those organisms that I am going to be focused on most is the planaria. The planaria has a rather odd appearance. It has a spear shaped head and has two eyespots that aren’t like our eyes at all. The planaria’s eyespots just can detect the change of dark to light. Also, it’s eyespots appear to be crossed. The planaria’s color changes with what type of food it eats, but most commonly it is brown. The way a planaria eats its food is really odd. The planaria’s mouth is in the middle of the underside of the planaria’s body and whenever they want to eat, they have to latch on to their prey, cover it in slime, and then they pump out their mouthtube from their body and start to eat. Look at the picture and tell me your favorite feature or fact about the planaria. (by Owen A.)