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© MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A survey of the largest known single living organisms on Earth, which includes representatives from the animal, plant, and fungal kingdoms.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.When one muscle contracts, another relaxes.
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© World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about cicadas and how their songs inspire humans to make music.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn what defines an organism and consider two candidates for the title of world's smallest organism—the bacteria Carsonella ruddii and Mycoplasma genitalium.