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I find the implied range of cell sizes to be amazing. (Informally, it's tempting to view all microscopic biological entities as being similarly small; they're not.)

Here's a cool visual of relative cell sizes and scale:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/



The amoeba is as big as a grain of salt? It must be visible with the naked eye, then, no? I had no idea it was that big...


Yes, many kinds of amoebas are visible to the naked eye. Some grow to several millimeters long.


I used to have a culture of paramecia and noticed I could see a paramecium with the naked eye.




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