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Midgard - Drakkar

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Earth's largest unicellular life form is the Syringammina fragilissima, being 20 cm across and little is known about it (really, look it up).

Although Midgard is smaller than the Earth, it harbors single cell life much bigger, that is the largest single cell life forms known in the universe. The Drakkar is the largest of all, reaching 2.5 metres in length, although some scientists claim to have seen bigger.

The Drakkar is true to its name as it is shaped like a ship, and maintains the shape thanks to its tough outer structure keeping it in place. Parts of its body are folded into oar like structures that provide movement although they mostly depend on the wind to travel.

It feeds like a jellyfish, draping parts of its membrane like tentacles to bind Fisks. Shaped like a protist, it pulls its prey towards an opening on its left side. Helpless prey is then forced up the opening by flagellum like appendages and consumed whole. It is then slowly digested alive by powerful enzymes.

The Drakkar also gets some of its food by photosynthesis thanks to the algae trapped in its sail. When threats hunting the algae approach or when massive storms start, the drakkar can fold the sails. Drakkars have 3 nuclei and slowly multiply by meiosis, creating what appears to be double boats.
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