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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:21 PM
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Poll question: Favorite single cell animal
What is your favorite single cell animal?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:30 PM
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1. Ostreococcus


It's the smallest known free-living eukaryote with an average size of 0.8 µm. Ostreococcus tauri has a nucleus with 14 linear chromosomes, one chloroplast, and several mitochondria.

Photosynthesis is probably the most important metabolic pathway in the world:

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endless october Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:36 PM
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3. Amoeba is my vote.
Edited on Thu Nov-27-08 03:36 PM by endless october
always thought they were pretty cool.

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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:34 PM
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2. This one.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:39 PM
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4. Tardigrade
Just not a single Cell kinda guy. But tardigrades rock my world.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 03:40 PM
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5. Come on! How can anybody not vote Paramecium? nt
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 04:01 PM
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6. Amoebae.....
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 04:13 PM
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7. didn't one of those guys get a PhD in biology?
OC punkers were a surprisingly intellectual group
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 01:00 AM
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8. Paisleys... I mean, PARAMECIUMS - they're everywhere!
Edited on Fri Nov-28-08 01:15 AM by ashling


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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 01:02 AM
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9. Paramecia are cool. They look like footprints.
B-)
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 05:26 AM
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10. Duh. Paramecium!
Come on, now!
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 06:29 AM
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11. Paris Hilton...
What???!! I'm a sucker for blondes!
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 07:08 AM
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12. This one


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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-08 08:14 AM
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13. Dumbyass and The DIck
Two crooks who only need one cell.
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