• Flax@feddit.uk
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    3 months 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.

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      3 months 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.

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        3 months 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