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Which is larger, Caulerpa taxifolia or an ostrich egg?

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That is a lot of seaweed! The ostrich egg, on the other hand, is rather small compared to the bird which laid it. At an average weight of 1.8kg (which makes an omelet as big as 25 chicken eggs) they can get as large as 2.3kg. Now I know something about seaweed which is totally useless to me … ;-). read more

The worlds Largest single celled organism is an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia . And The largest cell in the world is an ostrich's egg. Sometimes weighing over 3 pounds (1.4kg approx) , the ostrich's egg is composed of a single cell, as all other animal eggs are. read more

While some large plants grow from very small seeds, that must not be the case with birds - at least it’s not so with the ostrich. The male ostrich can become 9 feet tall and weigh over 340 pounds. That’s massive. read more

The ostrich lays the largest eggs of any bird living today. There have been larger eggs laid by the elephant birds and giant moa, but these birds are extinct now. In the wild, ostrich eggs are incubated in a hole that is 12- 24 inches deep and normally holds 20 eggs. The eggs are covered up and take about 42 days to incubate. read more

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