What I learned today:
A Kitti's hog-nosed bat (also called bumblebee bat) from Thailand is the world's smallest mammal. It's only 1.2 inches long and weighs 0.07 ounces.
Ya know how much does an adult moose weighs?
Males weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds, and females 800 to 1,300 pounds.
The heaviest person in medical history was Jon Brower Minnoch (USA, 1941–1983), who suffered from obesity since childhood. He was 6 ft 1 in tall and weighed 1,400 lbs.
I'd say large and in charge. Kinda like Cheyney, huh?
22 comments:
That's a some-kinda-scary sculpture up there!
Those are some interesting factoids!
I can't even imagine what a person would look like at 1400 pounds!!
I'm gonna throw up after looking at that. I've gotta go now...
i dunno...i might've seen that 1,400 lb guy on jerry springer....
and I thought that I was large ...
I think your onto something with this "learn something new everyday" thing. You learned about moose weights (which i now know too) but i also learned Cheney might have a 2nd career. Maybe he should try some different poses.
ACK! MY EYES! MY EYES!
That image is going to weigh heavy in my mind. ;)
That Cheney photo is going to haunt me till the day I die.
I hope you are happy.
holy crapamoli, batman. I'm likely to beat his record if I don't start changing my eating habits.
I recently watched a documentary about a man who weighed 752 pounds! By the age of 11 or so he weighed around 300 pounds. He spent his days in bed as he could not walk... I just don't understand how that could happen to someone.
I thought if you learned too much your head would explode.
that pic of cheney is disturbing and will probably linger in my mind for a few days...keeping me awake at nights :( But on the subject of weighing 1400 lbs...How does someone actually get THAT big? I just dont understand. Once you see yourself getting into a fewhundred lbs, dont you start to realize its time to change?? I just dont get it.
That picture should come with a warning, I think I'm scarred for life.
that picture is going to give me nightmares for weeks!! you shoulda posted a warning or something!!!!
that picture is going to give me nightmares for weeks!! you shoulda posted a warning or something!!!!
I was remembering a toy I had as a kid. It was a trivia robot that worked using an 8 track tape device (yes, I am that old). One of the questions was, "who was the fattest man that ever lived" It wasn't the guy you mentioned so he probably was just a measely 900 or so at the time. I believe his name was Robert Hughes. Who was "so tubby they had to bury him in a piano case". Anyway, it just occurred to me how PC that robot wasn't and how things have sure changed (and not necessarily for the better) since the early 19blahblahs.
Yikes, the poor guy being so displayes and not appreciated for his round curves.
I think it is hard for people that are really really big to go back and try to be more healthy. It just seems impossible to them to change anything and they figure they might as well continue down the road.
I'd heard that about Cheney. How did I miss this post? I must be working too much.
Hey the big fella was still a couple of hundred pounds lighter than a BIG moose !!
Cheney reminds me of that famous statue. You know the one. The Stinker?
This photo scares me. Please post something else so that when I come by, I don't see it!
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