The scale of things... In Human terms.

[Milkyway]

A spider has walked the entire length of the kitchen... Which got me thinking about the distance in human terms.

I worked out that 'Spyder' has walked the equivalent of 100m.. it's on the way back now.

For comparison: Length / Height.

Adult: 2m
T-Rex: 12m (L) & 4m to the hip... about the height of a double decker bus.
Blue Whale: 30m
Titanic: 269m
The Shard: 310m
Eiffel Tower: 330m
One World Trade Center: 541m

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 13th April 22:37

[Super Sonic]

There was an excellent two- part documentary with prof Jim Al-Khalilli on this, with the first part focusing on small things and the second on the big stuff.

[Milkyway]

Super Sonic said:

There was an excellent two- part documentary with prof Jim Al-Khalilli on this, with the first part focusing on small things and the second on the big stuff.

Ants:
In Human terms, carrying fifty times your body weight above your head whilst running at 83KPH (53MPH).

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 13th April 21:49

[evenflow]

A 8 hour sleep is 0.0000114286% of an average human lifespan of 700,000 hours.

For a house fly that has a life expectancy of 672 hours (28 days), a "fly's night's sleep" is just under half a second.

[hammo19]

These are important facts

[Peanut Gallery]

If I was a flea I could jump over a 700-800 ft tall building (the viewing platform of the shard is 801ft) and jump the length of a football field.

[Milkyway]

To an ant... we must be about 400m high.
(Approx)

[TeaNoSugar]

Peanut Gallery said:

If I was a flea I could jump over a 700-800 ft tall building (the viewing platform of the shard is 801ft) and jump the length of a football field.

That seems a bit odd - a football pitch is only ~320ft long.
So why could a flea only jump half as far as it can jump high?

If it just changed its takeoff angle a bit, having the power to jump that high it must be able to jump further horizontally.

[Milkyway]

TeaNoSugar said:

Peanut Gallery said:

If I was a flea I could jump over a 700-800 ft tall building (the viewing platform of the shard is 801ft) and jump the length of a football field.

That seems a bit odd - a football pitch is only ~320ft long.
So why could a flea only jump half as far as it can jump high?

If it just changed its takeoff angle a bit, having the power to jump that high it must be able to jump further horizontally.

Maybe if it was vertical.

[hidetheelephants]

The claim that all humans will have swallowed several spiders in their lifetime has occasionally kept me awake at night.

[Milkyway]

The MALE blue whale: 10' x 12"... just saying.

[vikingaero]

hidetheelephants said:

The claim that all humans will have swallowed several spiders in their lifetime has occasionally kept me awake at night.

Or spiders enter your ear canal or nasal passages.

[Milkyway]

vikingaero said:

hidetheelephants said:

The claim that all humans will have swallowed several spiders in their lifetime has occasionally kept me awake at night.

Or spiders enter your ear canal or nasal passages.

It's a bit like waking up with crusty eyes... which is basically bacterial poo.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 15th April 12:07

[Linksmas]

Milkyway said:

The MALE blue whale: 10' x 12"... just saying.

And only 10% of his ejaculate enters the female. And you wonder why the sea tastes so salty....