• Flax
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    1021 days ago

    You can see cells with the naked eye as well. Notably, eggs. Chicken eggs are also one cell. The largest cell is an ostrich egg.

    • @[email protected]
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      521 days ago

      There are amoebas that reach 5mm in length.

      IIRC, there are limits on how big they can get based on how far RNA can travel after copying DNA.

      • Flax
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        221 days ago

        Eggs are still bigger. I think you can actually see human eggs with the naked eye, as they are the width of a hair. Would probably need to be placed on a contrasting surface, though, and appear as a tiny speck