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The eye is 27 cm (10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, with a lens 12 cm (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across. This is the largest eye of any known animal. [30] These measurements are of the partly collapsed specimen; alive, the eye was probably 30 [31] to 40 cm (12 to 16 in) across. [57] Inspection of the specimen with an endoscope revealed ovaries containing thousands ...
The Humboldt squid is the largest of the Ommastrephid squids, as some individuals may grow to 1.5 m (5 ft) in mantle length [17] [18] and weigh up to 50 kg (110 lb). [8] They appear to be sexually dimorphic : on average the females mature at larger sizes than the males. [ 19 ]
A very large mature female of Onykia robsoni with a mantle length of 88.5 cm (2.90 ft) and total weight of 11.1 kg (24 lb) Lepidoteuthis grimaldii female measuring 61.7 cm (2.02 ft) in mantle length and weighing 4.07 kg (9.0 lb), from the Chatham Rise off New Zealand (note the prominent dermal cushions, likely used for buoyancy) The maximum ...
A form of flowering plant that far exceeds Pando as the largest organism on Earth in area and potentially also mass, is the giant marine plant, Posidonia australis, living in Shark Bay, Australia. Its length is about 180 km (112 mi) and it covers an area of 200 km 2 (77 sq mi). [8] [9] It is also among the oldest known clonal plants.
La Venta Monument 2 measures 1.63 metres (5.3 ft) high by 1.35 metres (4.4 ft) wide by 0.98 metres (3.2 ft) deep; the head weighs 11.8 tons. [115] The face has a broadly smiling expression that reveals four of the upper teeth.
The heaviest of this widespread, varied complex of insects is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, of New Zealand; one specimen weighed 71 g (2.5 oz) and measured nearly 10 cm (3.9 in), [2] giving it one of the largest insect weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long. [8]
The heaviest bird ever capable of flight was Argentavis magnificens, the largest member of the now extinct family Teratornithidae, found in Miocene-aged fossil beds of Argentina, with a wingspan up to 5.5 m (18 ft), a length of up to 1.25 m (4.1 ft), a height on the ground of up to 1.75 m (5.7 ft) and a body weight of at least 71 kg (157 lb).
≡ 2.54 cm ≡ 1 ⁄ 36 yd ≡ 1 ⁄ 12 ft ≡ 0.0254 m league (land) lea ≈ 1 hour walk, Currently defined in US as 3 Statute miles, [3] but historically varied from 2 to 9 km ≈ 4828 m: light-day: ≡ 24 light-hours ≡ 2.590 206 837 12 × 10 13 m: light-hour: ≡ 60 light-minutes ≡ 1.079 252 8488 × 10 12 m: light-minute: ≡ 60 light ...