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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Big cells usually have multiple organelles of each type. They are less special than one would think, while being very strange indeed.

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      this is the correct answer.

      I’m betting their mitochondria are normal sized, they just have lots and lots of them.

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    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Isn’t that true for all cells? I think human cells also have more than one mitochondria

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      • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Some human cells have 0. But all have few.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I want to know what the texture is like on this.

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    • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m more interested in the mouthfeel.

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      • Kalothar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Asking the real questions,

        Is that just a thick ass phospholipid bi-layer?

        What’s going on here and can I eat that thing?

        What does cytoplasm taste like?

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    • Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For science, right?

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      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Of course it’s for science. Now don’t look while I probe it.

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    • ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a plastic like feel, smooth. Mostly Tasteless. Filled with salty water, but outside is pretty thin and delicate and splits easily. Doesn’t bounce more than once. Most you find are quite small, pearl sized. Outside of water it tends to get wrinkly out of water for very long.

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wonder how much strength the cell membrane has? Does it pop easily, and if not, what prevents it?

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  • Jayjader@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Pondering my cell” just didn’t have the same ring to it… Sounds like I’m suck in jail

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  • PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel a sudden urge to have a water balloon fight.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Xenophyophores are multinucleate unicellular organisms found on the ocean floor

      A multinucleate cell (also known as multinucleated cell or polynuclear cell) is a eukaryotic cell that has more than one nucleus, i.e., multiple nuclei share one common cytoplasm

      There’s stuff down there…

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      • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This algae ball also has multiple nuclei

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      • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        So if you shake it, it will rattle?

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  • Regna@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They are fantastic. Some years ago I got a sudden urge (from seeing them on subreddits) to grow these in my aquaria, but then I looked at several aquarist forums and realized that I shouldn’t. Really shouldn’t. They kind of don’t seem like they need more habitats to thrive in.

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    • edg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are they invasive or something?

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      • Seleni@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        More like incredibly aggressive. They are a type of algae after all. If you don’t keep a firm leash on them they’ll reproduce enough to drain all the oxygen and nutrients from an enclosed system like an aquarium.

        Plant tribbles, if you will.

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      • Regna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To give an exceptionally brief explanation:

        • Yes.
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  • jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is one of the largest unicellular organisms, but as far as O know this is the largest:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringammina

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  • mEEGal@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    An egg is the same thing, albeit much simpler

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  • Outwit1294@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I want to hold it. Where can I find it?

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They appear in tidal zones of tropical and subtropical areas, like the Caribbean, north through Florida, south to Brazil, and in the Indo-Pacific. Overall, they inhabit every ocean throughout the world, often living in coral rubble.

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      • Outwit1294@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ohh. Why have never seen one before

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    • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      in the ocean, usually

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      • Outwit1294@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why is this man in the ocean?

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  • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Source

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  • niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    T H I C C Mitochondria!

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  • gwilikers@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What does it feel like?

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    it looks like a taut grape that’s begging to be squeezed to burst.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’re gonna need a bigger gel blaster.

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  • space_comrade@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s insane. I thought it was already amazing that you can almost see some amoeba with the naked eye.

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  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you were to spit on it, would it pop?

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  • catty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is this how… we used to look at one point in history?

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  • shath@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    what does it taste like

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  • Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And I thought megakaryocytes were huge.

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