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This microbe turns into a cannibalistic ‘Hulk’

An abundance of food may trigger this microbe’s strange transformation

A single-celled organism named Euplotes gigatrox sometimes transforms into a supergiant and eats its regular-size siblings.

Ben T. Larson

By Tina Hesman Saey

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A newly discovered microbe is like a mini version of the Hulk.