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"Scientists just found the largest organism"


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"...while attempting to study genetic differences between plants in a massive undersea [Australian] meadow, their samples revealed that the "meadow" was in fact just one very old — and very large — organism."

It is estimated to cover 77 square miles, is about 4,500 years old, a strange hybrid ribbon weed, that kept all chromosomes from both mother and father.

"it is a haven for all sorts of sea creatures, including "turtles, dolphins, dugongs, crabs and fish," 

Scientists Discover World's Largest Organism, Chilling Out Under Ocean (futurism.com)

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