ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoA emu egg (left) next to a cassowary egg (right). They are some of the largest bird eggs on the planet.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down15
arrow-up1619arrow-down1imageA emu egg (left) next to a cassowary egg (right). They are some of the largest bird eggs on the planet.lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarePrime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoThey are also single frigging cells. Yet, they have nothing on the largest unicellular organisms, size-wise.
minus-squareSmee@poeng.linklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 hours ago wiki Good grief, just tell us the size. I skimmed the article and is none the wiser.
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThe biggest single-celled organism in the world is structured in the same way: an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia, which can grow to 30cm long. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2019/04/this-bizarre-bubble-creature-is-a-single-living-cell/
They are also single frigging cells. Yet, they have nothing on the largest unicellular organisms, size-wise.
Good grief, just tell us the size. I skimmed the article and is none the wiser.
The biggest single-celled organism in the world is structured in the same way: an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia, which can grow to 30cm long. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2019/04/this-bizarre-bubble-creature-is-a-single-living-cell/