SortStack #3296 — 2035-06-18
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A honeybee 1.3 cm
A honeybee beats its wings about 230 times per second, which is what gives it that distinctive buzz.
- A Bengal tiger (body length) 2.1 m
A tiger's roar can be heard up to three kilometres away and carries frequencies low enough to paralyse prey with fear.
- A sperm whale 16 m
Its head holds the largest brain of any animal that has ever lived, weighing about as much as a small person.
- The Eiffel Tower 330 m
It grows up to 15 centimetres taller in summer because the iron expands in the heat.
- The Channel Tunnel 50.5 km
Trains run through three parallel tubes beneath the seabed, with a smaller service tunnel between them for safety.
- The Mississippi River (length) 3.7K km
A raindrop falling at its source takes about 90 days to drift all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.