My microscope shows me an amoeba's slow, enveloping meal, while from my balcony I watch our village cow calmly chewing her cud. They both take their time, but the amoeba has no separate stomach to bring its meal back up for a second grind. Honestly, watching both, I see digestion as either a patient embrace or a patient re-chewing. It makes me appreciate my daughter’s studies in Pune—she explains the cow’s complex stomach, while my old slides show the amoeba’s simple, whole-bodied effort.
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