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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

what I imagine astrophages to look like

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

That makes me strangely uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

Walking barefoot is better or worse than walking on LEGO pieces?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Taketomi Island. Very chill, really beautiful place. Would love to visit again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Looks lik a regular beach, but then... !

https://lh3.ggpht.com/-EE-f3x2MuZs/Uyx5NipATLI/AAAAAAAAw10/_CWDF6Y9ZcE/hoshizuna-no-hama-6%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Babylon 5 Shadows enters the thread.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Might be a silly question from me, but I have no experience with that type of sand. Does it hurt when you run your hand through it or grab it? How fragile or tough are those pieces of sand?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Can't be that fragile else the waves would have destroyed them long ago

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

"Hoshi-zuna no Hama" (星砂の浜) literally means "Star-sand Beach"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How are single-celled organisms so big?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Ostrich eggs. Single cell, though different since it's a haploid cell.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

i remember this, the forbidden grape

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And technically there are even larger individual cells, such as adipocytes or myocytes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's the biggest cell I've seen since my first phone 25 years ago!

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You’re wrong, my brain is the largest single cell organism

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

How do you do, Mr amoeba

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It seems pretty, but I am not sure I would enjoy it getting in my shorts ..

[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You wouldn't enjoy regular sand either. It's coarse and rough and gets everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It annoys not just the men but women and children too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

But at least it's not spiky coarse

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Even walking barefoot seems like it would be painful!