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October 24, 2011 03:19 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/uz3o3vafab4/here-be-giant-amoebas.html
Here be giant amoebas
In the deep sea, there dwell amoebas of unusual size. Of course, "gigantic" is relative. Although they would dwarf other amoeba species, the biggest xenophyophores are a little more than 4 inches across. (Via A Moment of Science, which suggests, rightly, that this would make an excellent Halloween costume.)Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/uz3o3vafab4/here-be-giant-amoebas.html
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