did you know you can see a human egg cell with the naked eye
they’re really fucking big
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@cam I didn't know... How big?
@vaporeon_ 0.1 mm
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@cam @vaporeon_ that is a lot bigger than I had imagined, huh
did you know you can see a human egg cell with the naked eye
they’re really fucking big
@cam I didn't know... How big?
@vaporeon_ 0.1 mm
@cam @vaporeon_ that is a lot bigger than I had imagined, huh
@wallhackio @vaporeon_ the zygote doesn't start expressing its own genes for a couple of cell division cycles, so the egg has to be packed with a bunch of shit to keep it alive until then