Human & animal size comparisons
Start with someone your own size. Meet five familiar silhouettes from a new angle.
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Start with someone your own size. Meet five familiar silhouettes from a new angle.
Familiar objects, a few surprising proportions. How well do you know the things around you?
Put wild animals beside everyday transport and try to keep your perspective.
A coin, a card, a battery: small objects make surprisingly useful measuring tools.
Rebuild the scale of your desk from paper, a disc, a card and a tiny fastener.
They look almost interchangeable. Their rule-book sizes tell another story.
Put sporting equipment beside objects you actually hold every day.
Small creatures become easier to picture beside a paperclip, card or phone.
Rabbits, rodents, water birds and a tortoise share a more surprising scale than you expect.
Legs, wings and long tails can all fool the eye. Follow the marked measurement.
You know these animals. Now try placing their real measurements beside one another.
Bulk is not length. Tall is not long. Five large animals put that distinction to work.
Imagine a shark, camel or hippo parked beside vehicles you recognize.
Follow the water from birds and lobsters to dolphins, hippos and sharks.
From a city bus to a transatlantic liner, discover how far vehicles really stretch.
Landmark heights from an ancient reconstructed apex to the tips of modern towers.
Stand a ship, rocket or aircraft beside a landmark and make the scale click.
Leave familiar metres behind. Compare the diameters of rocky worlds and our Moon.
Gas giants, ice giants and the Sun stretch your intuition across a much larger scale.
Wall maps can fool the eye. Compare the areas of sourced outlines and reset your sense of geography.
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