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minus-squaregianni@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months agoI did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
minus-squareazi@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-23 months agoMost species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust.
minus-squareSabre363@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 months agoThat would be mildly terrifying
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·3 months agoBeing naked isn’t that scary
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoDefinitely not, a bacteriophage is like 500 nanometres. A tardigrade is 0.5 mm, or 500 000 nanometres, literally 1000x the size.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 months agoI am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus. Edit: it’s probably a radiolarian skeleton, maybe genus cornutella. Edit 2: it’s indeed a cornutella skeleton: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12782032
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoCame here to say this…
I did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
Most species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust.
That would be mildly terrifying
Being naked isn’t that scary
I’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
Definitely not, a bacteriophage is like 500 nanometres. A tardigrade is 0.5 mm, or 500 000 nanometres, literally 1000x the size.
I am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus.
Edit: it’s probably a radiolarian skeleton, maybe genus cornutella.
Edit 2: it’s indeed a cornutella skeleton: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12782032
Came here to say this…