How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal?
Journey to the Microcosmos · Season 6 · Episode 2
We’re starting this episode out with a question that we’re never going to have a good answer for: how many cells do animals have? How could we ever hope to count all those cells in each of those animals? And how could we even begin to assume that the amount of cells in one individual is going to be the same for all the other individuals?
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Season
6
Episode
2
Air Date
04/Apr/2022
Air Time
—
Runtime
10 min
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We’re starting this episode out with a question that we’re never going to have a good answer for: how many cells do animals have? How could we ever hope to count all those cells in each of those animals? And how could we even begin to assume that the amount of cells in one individual is going to be the same for all the other individuals?
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