TIL: The Great Barrier Reef is nearly the size of Montana. (Via Marilyn Terrell) Read the rest
Coconut crab is frighteningly large
On the plus side, that means it makes a great comic photo prop. Here, blogger Angelo O'Connor Villagomez plays Edward Crabhands.
Native to a wide range of Pacific islands, the crabs used to be plentiful. Sadly, they're one of those creatures that humans have eaten into being an endangered species. These crabs can live for up to 60 years and (get this) they're not even the largest species of crab in the world. That would be the Japanese spider crab.
See a slideshow of coconut crab photos at Environmental Graffiti
Via Craig McClain
An LCD pixel and a grain of sand are roughly the same size
Cary Huang's amazing Scale of the Universe animation has been updated—now with a better format, extra background information about the objects whose sizes are being compared, and more opportunities to blow your mind. "Holy sh$#! The Grand Canyon is bigger than Rhode Island?" Read the rest
