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minus-squaregiannilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 day agoI did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours 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-up9·15 hours agoDefinitely not, a bacteriophage is like 500 nanometres. A tardigrade is 0.5 mm, or 500 000 nanometres, literally 1000x the size.
minus-squareazi@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 day agoMost species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust. The guys in this micrograph are of course smaller
minus-squareSabre363@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 day agoThat would be mildly terrifying
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 day agoBeing naked isn’t that scary
I did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
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.
Most species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust. The guys in this micrograph are of course smaller
That would be mildly terrifying
Being naked isn’t that scary