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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Big cells usually have multiple organelles of each type. They are less special than one would think, while being very strange indeed.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that true for all cells? I think human cells also have more than one mitochondria

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Some human cells have 0. But all have few.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago

this is the correct answer.

I'm betting their mitochondria are normal sized, they just have lots and lots of them.