From MinuteEarth, this very interesting video tries to answer the question, “What is the biggest living thing on Earth?” It turns out that the answer is really based on how you define “biggest” and how you define an organism. I found the answer very surprising and informative!
From the National Geographic YouTube Channel, this video follows a grant researcher trying to figure out just how giant sea turtles are able to travel in mass numbers to return to the same lands where they were born to now lay their eggs.
Today’s infographic is a great summary of the variety of life we see not only in the species and creatures in the world, but also the variety of their lives. It’s very interesting to see lifespans laid out in this way, and to see that humans really are essentially on the high end of the middle of the pack. I am sure, however, as medicine and care advances we will see ourselves moving into the high end of lifespans. Would you care to be like the immortal jellyfish though? [VIA]
I’m not sure when this one came out, but my research shows that having been created for Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia it was anywhere from 1922-1968. My guess is one of the editions from the 1950s. Regardless, this is a great graphic for visualizing the lifespans of different animals. The numbers on the timeline correspond to years and while it’s not as accurate or comprehensive as we might be used to today, it’s fun too look back at the evolution of graphic data displays. [VIA]
