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Some surprising science fact that many people don't know, an animal egg (chicken, birds, etc) is a single cell, so there's a huge variability in the weight of a
by franciscop 1y ago
Some surprising science fact that many people don't know, an animal egg (chicken, birds, etc) is a single cell, so there's a huge variability in the weight of a cell.
- btilly 1y agoI found this claim unbelievable, but it is mostly true. It isn't quite the whole egg, it is just the yolk. But that's still a very large cell! http://cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/appliance-science-the-biology-of-the-chicken-egg/ http://cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/appliance-science... verifies this.
- madcaptenor 1y agoIt's analogous to the mammalian egg, but a lot bigger. (And IIRC the egg is the largest cell in humans.)
- IAmBroom 1y agoAnd the smallest is the sperm. Which, ironically, are both only haploid.
- Davidzheng 1y agoi guess if it's fertilized then it will soon have more cells
- mr_toad 1y agoThere are some very large single celled organisms that aren’t eggs. E.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valonia_ventricosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valonia_ventricosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera Even some bacteria can grow to visible size: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomargarita_magnifica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomargarita_magnifica There are some other examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms