• Eiri@lemmy.world
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    Whoa, my optometrist told me that’s what they are and now I’m really disappointed.

    Considering their shape and what you said about them being impossible to observe in visible light… I guess those branch-like pieces are cell organelle fragments instead?

    Dang, and here I was excited to be seeing molecules.

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      2 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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        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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          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