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Re:Is There A Giant Life Form Lurking In Our Solar System? P... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @05:20PM (#6214372)
> but a "huge by (earth standards) cell" doesn't mean dog sized.

Well, the smallest dog breeds have a mass on the same order as the largest cells on earth, so, yeah, "dog sized" is a pretty good standard for a "huge (by earth standards)" cell.

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Re:Is There A Giant Life Form Lurking In Our Solar System? P... by vacri on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @06:06PM (#6214661)
Such a large cell on earth is an 'outlier', not a 'standard'.
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Re:Is There A Giant Life Form Lurking In Our Solar System? P... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @06:27PM (#6214781)
> Such a large cell on earth is an 'outlier'

Indeed, specifically a huge one. Making it huge, by earth standards.

See how that works?

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