Giant Squids have nerve cells 39 feet long!

Giant Squids have nerve cells 39 feet long!

The largest biological cell is often cited as the ostrich egg, which is about 6 inches long and weigh about 3 pounds. This is a myth.

There are at least several biological cells larger than an ostrich egg, despite the fact that even many scientists and laypeople believe the ostrich egg is indeed the biggest. The ostrich may actually be the heaviest cell, but this has not yet been tested.

Largeness refers to size, not weight, so the ostrich egg is definitely not the largest. The first type of cell larger than the ostrich egg are nerve cells in especially long animals, such as the Giant Squid, which may have nerve cells as long as 39 feet, about 80 times larger than an ostrich egg.

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