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Why can amoeba get so large?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Well, the amoeba is a very complicated type of cell life form. An Amoeba does not go through a well planned diet, so they get much larger then other cells. Amoeba's basically eat anything they can find or die trying.

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Why do amoeba get so large?

they eat


Why do some amoeba get so large?

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Could an amoeba could ever grow as large as a human?

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Cells are in an amoeba?

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