What would happen if a bacterium were whale-sized?

One of the most important factors in determining how an organism exists is its size. For instance, a bacterium works great at microscopic size, but a whale-sized bacterium would quickly die because the ratio of surface area to volume would not work for the oxygen diffusion necessary for maintaining life.. — Read the rest

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