Chaos chaos is an oversized amoeba used in hundreds of laboratories around the world for experiments on the reactions of free-living cells. This series of photomicrographs depicts how this micro-predator locates, captures and consumes its prey - a two minute process that has been going on for billions of years. 1. The whole cell (80X) 2. Amoeba senses food (160X) 3. Pseudopod responds (160X) 4. Amoeba response spreads (160X) 5. Another pseudopod on target (160X) 6. Trap almost closed (160X) 7. Its fate is sealed (160X) 8. Food vacuole formed - Paramecium engulfed (160X)