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[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 82 points 1 week ago

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

this is the correct answer.

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

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Some human cells have 0. But all have few.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 week ago

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

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

I'm more interested in the mouthfeel.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week 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?

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

My hypothesis would be that, in order to keep that membrane taut, the internal salinity would have to be fairly close to the exterior salinity, otherwise it would shrink due to hypertonicity. That cytoplasm will probably just taste like slimy seawater

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ahh so like sea cum? Nice.

[-] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

They are actually called "Sea Men"

[-] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago
[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago

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

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.

[-] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 42 points 1 week ago
[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 25 points 1 week ago

They are called 'sailors eyeballs'. Great name

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

[-] Jayjader@jlai.lu 27 points 1 week ago

"Pondering my cell" just didn't have the same ring to it... Sounds like I'm suck in jail

[-] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

EDIT: This fucker is larger. Looks cooler, too.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week 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...

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

This algae ball also has multiple nuclei

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

So if you shake it, it will rattle?

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week 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.

[-] edg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Are they invasive or something?

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week 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.

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

To give an exceptionally brief explanation:

  • Yes.
[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago
  • Ya

Not that exceptional.

[-] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago

I suspect that they reproduce quickly, since it is a species of algae. I don't know much about this topic though.

[-] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week 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

[-] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago

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

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 16 points 1 week 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.

[-] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Ohh. Why have never seen one before

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago
[-] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago

Why is this man in the ocean?

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Oh my god, Outwit1294, you can't just ask someone why they're in the ocean!

[-] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Hey, they sent me a balls pic. And I can’t even ask why?

[-] Posadas@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Deep sea gigantism

[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

An egg is the same thing, albeit much simpler

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago
[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

T H I C C Mitochondria!

[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

What does it feel like?

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

We're gonna need a bigger gel blaster.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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

[-] space_comrade@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

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

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And I thought megakaryocytes were huge.

[-] shath@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

what does it taste like

[-] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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

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