Trước đây SHVN có định làm mục mỗi ngày một con số thú vị.
Hôm trước ngồi lần mò lại túm được cuốn Amazing Numbers in Biology của Springer (mời xem mục lục đính kèm). Dùng cuốn này cho mục đích trên rất tuyệt. Tôi sẽ dịch dần cuốn này, bạn nào có hứng thú cùng tham gia nhé.
Dưới đây là một số ví dụ
Largest and heaviest vertebrate that has ever lived (and still does): Blue whale Length: 33 m ?Weight: 136,000 kg
Heaviest extinct terrestrial vertebrate: Brachiosaurus Length: 27 m ?Weight: 50,000 kg
Largest extinct mammal: Fossil rhinoceros ?Length: 8.5 m ?Weight: 18,000 kg
Smallest mammal: ?Etruscan shrew ?Length: 4 cm ? Weight: 2 g
Largest bird: Ostrich Weight: 150 kg ?
Largest extinct bird: Madagascar’s elephant bird Weight: 400 kg
Bird with the greatest wingspan: Albatross Span: 320 cm
Bird with the greatest wing ?surface area: Griffon vulture 10,450 cm2
Smallest bird: Little woodstar (hummingbird) ?Weight: 1.6 g
Smallest living snake: Leptotyphlops sp. Length: 11 cm
Largest living snake: Reticulated python Length: up to 10 m
Smallest living reptile: Lizard-toed gecko Length: 4 cm ? Weight: 2 g
Largest living caudate: Giant salamander Length: 150 cm
Smallest living caudate: Pygmy salamander Length: 4 cm
Largest extinct amphibian: Palaeosiren Length: 15 m
Largest living frog: Goliath frog Length: 40 cm
Smallest living frog: Almiqui (Cuban banana frog) Length: 1 cm
Largest living fish: Whale shark Length: 18 m ?Weight: 10,000 kg
Smallest living fish: Dwarf goby Length: 11 mm Weight: 0.2 g
Largest extinct fish: Carcharodon sp. Length: 33 m ?Weight: 125,000 kg
Largest living insect: Walking stick Pharnacia Length: 33 cm
Living insect with largest ?wing surface area: Coscinocera hercules Area: 300 cm2
Hôm trước ngồi lần mò lại túm được cuốn Amazing Numbers in Biology của Springer (mời xem mục lục đính kèm). Dùng cuốn này cho mục đích trên rất tuyệt. Tôi sẽ dịch dần cuốn này, bạn nào có hứng thú cùng tham gia nhé.
Dưới đây là một số ví dụ
Largest and heaviest vertebrate that has ever lived (and still does): Blue whale Length: 33 m ?Weight: 136,000 kg
Heaviest extinct terrestrial vertebrate: Brachiosaurus Length: 27 m ?Weight: 50,000 kg
Largest extinct mammal: Fossil rhinoceros ?Length: 8.5 m ?Weight: 18,000 kg
Smallest mammal: ?Etruscan shrew ?Length: 4 cm ? Weight: 2 g
Largest bird: Ostrich Weight: 150 kg ?
Largest extinct bird: Madagascar’s elephant bird Weight: 400 kg
Bird with the greatest wingspan: Albatross Span: 320 cm
Bird with the greatest wing ?surface area: Griffon vulture 10,450 cm2
Smallest bird: Little woodstar (hummingbird) ?Weight: 1.6 g
Smallest living snake: Leptotyphlops sp. Length: 11 cm
Largest living snake: Reticulated python Length: up to 10 m
Smallest living reptile: Lizard-toed gecko Length: 4 cm ? Weight: 2 g
Largest living caudate: Giant salamander Length: 150 cm
Smallest living caudate: Pygmy salamander Length: 4 cm
Largest extinct amphibian: Palaeosiren Length: 15 m
Largest living frog: Goliath frog Length: 40 cm
Smallest living frog: Almiqui (Cuban banana frog) Length: 1 cm
Largest living fish: Whale shark Length: 18 m ?Weight: 10,000 kg
Smallest living fish: Dwarf goby Length: 11 mm Weight: 0.2 g
Largest extinct fish: Carcharodon sp. Length: 33 m ?Weight: 125,000 kg
Largest living insect: Walking stick Pharnacia Length: 33 cm
Living insect with largest ?wing surface area: Coscinocera hercules Area: 300 cm2