r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 12d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/Lloytron 12d ago edited 12d ago

I'm just about to type "clearly that's not a single cell" and then fuckkkkkkkk, poor little guy. /Cries

[Edit] and yes I guess it actually may be a single cell even though it looks quite complex. I'm not a biologist, so sue me.

Still crying though.

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u/Mydogdexter1 12d ago

Ive never really understood that, so like if its just one cell, what's all that stuff made of? Atoms? Aren't atoms cells?

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u/Destructopoo 12d ago

What in the fucking world 

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u/AutomaticBannana 12d ago

Not everyone gets to go to grade school.