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Antonio Pigafetta recorded that the Moluccan pilot of the ship Vittoria told a story about the people of Aracheto. The men and women were 1.5 feet high; their food was the pith of a tree; and they dwells in caverns under ground. Their ears were as long as their bodies; so that, when they lay down, one ear served as a mattress and the other as a ...
Ahu Tongariki, with mount Poike in the background: the beginning of the Poike ditch where the final battle is supposed to have taken place.. The Hanau epe (also, hanau eepe: supposed to mean "Long-ears") were a semi-legendary people who are said to have lived in Easter Island, where they came into conflict with another people known as the Hanau momoko or "short-ears".
Long ear is a condition in which the ears are unusually long from top to bottom. This is defined as the median longitudinal ear length being over 2 SD from the mean external ear length (superior to inferior aspect).
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Hence the French expression "se faire tirer l’oreille", of which the literal meaning is "to have one's ear pulled" and the figurative meaning "to take a lot of persuading". We use the expression "to tweak (or pull) someone's ears" to mean "inflict a punishment"." [35] The auricles have an effect on facial appearance.
First biographical article of a living person: William Alston [f] on 00:13, 17 January 2001; First biographical article of a woman: Rosa Parks on 17:32, 21 January 2001 [g] First biographical article to be updated after the subject's death: Jack Lemmon on 22:55, 28 June 2001 [h] [i] [j]
Macrotia refers to an ear that is larger than would be expected. [1] The normal auricular axis length is 58–62 mm (2.3–2.4 in) among females and 62–66 mm (2.4–2.6 in) among males. [ 2 ] The average width of an adult ear, specifically the distance between the helix root (inner front edge) and the posterior auricle (outer front edge), is ...
He had been confirmed as having had the world's longest recorded nose. [1] His nose measured 8.80 cm (3.46 inches) when it was last measured on 18 March 2010. It was remeasured in both 2020 and 2021, disproving the myth that a person’s nose and ears continue to grow with age. [2] He had been living in Artvin, Turkey.