This amoeba is having dinner and apparently it has no table manners! . Amoebas can alter their body shape and use this skill to eat. Firstly, the amoeba needs to find something edible. I am not sure how they do that but they sense the presence of a nearby prey by its chemical and mechanical signals. . Then the amoeba extends parts of its body around the prey, and like a pincer move it traps the prey between its “arms”, and quickly fuses the arms together. At this point the prey is literally insi