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One think ever Stenar has in common is the holdfast organelle, which lets them anchor to a single location. Now they can swim, but in an undisturbed culture, only a few Stentors will be swimming freely. Stentors are actually more dense than water, which means that they sink. So that holdfast organelle lets them save energy once they find a location that has plenty of food and oxygen. But just because they're anchored, that doesn't mean they can't move. Most stentors are also capable or stretching a huge amount. When attached and feeding, a Stentor body can reach 5 to 10 times their original length. And that's when it starts to resemble a trumpet. Which is where it gets one of its common names, the Trumped Animalcule.