ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoA emu egg (left) next to a cassowary egg (right). They are some of the largest bird eggs on the planet.imagemessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down18
arrow-up1651arrow-down1imageA emu egg (left) next to a cassowary egg (right). They are some of the largest bird eggs on the planet.ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square72linkfedilink
minus-squarePrime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey are also single frigging cells. Yet, they have nothing on the largest unicellular organisms, size-wise.
minus-squareSmee@poeng.linklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago wiki Good grief, just tell us the size. I skimmed the article and is none the wiser.
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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/