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Anything but metric.
Yeah like two extremely relatable and immediately identifiable sizes that are much more visceral than saying ~13.3-16m and ~38cm
I hate to break it to you, but when someone states anything in metric, I immediately have a feel for how large that is. That's because we usually state everything in metric, so we don't need to refer to random stuff and just learn the sizes of everything.
And yet I still have no idea how big the squid is. Buses range in size dramatically.
So do large pizzas.
How much is that in football fields?
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Both school busses and pizzas change in size around the world. Metres do not
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Well I'm glad you posted the actual measurements because now I actually know how big it is, so thank you for that.
bigger than a school bus describes a Bodega, the eiffel tower, Mexico, Jupiter and the entirety of the universe.
Everything except for smaller stuff. You know, things like tires, lug nuts, screws, atoms, electrons, etc.
What about the Uniroyal tire, the Lansing Lugnut , and the JK welding screw?
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The thing about a meter is that it's the same length everywhere. A large pizza and a bus, however.....
I am the first to shit on the imperial system. I have to admit I agree with you on that one
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But is it a metric pizza or an imperial pizza?
How many pizzas in a school bus?
About 8 pizzas the size of small/large boulder.
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Metric you filthy barbarian!
Can someome PLEASE get a banana down there?
This here.
Yesterday I read a book with lots of drawn (!) illustrations of the largest insects to a 5yo. It doesn't work.
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This is perfect for the Anything but Metric comm!
Also nice detail that it's a large pizza not small oder medium 👌
Found the German.
Not enough capital Letters on the Nouns
What's going on in the left photo? Does the squid have bioluminescent danglers at the front?
Maybe it’s like my cat when I catch her on my security cams in night mode. Fuckin lasers.
Lasers, how do they work?!
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Yeah, it's wild they do actually have large "photophores" at the ends of their arms. More info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae
Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae, the octopus squids. It is one of the largest known squid species, and it has one of the largest photophores (light organs) known in any organism.
Holy crap, that's terrifying and so cool! Thanks for the info!
With such statsian measurements, its hard to tell for the rest of us; are the pizzas big for the US or for normal people?
In America if you order the largest size pizza and it fits through the door horizontally, you're legally permitted to eat the delivery driver.
Big
How many double decker buses tall is it?
original article here: https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/science/evidence-of-giant-squid-spotted-off-australia-in-historic-find/
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/giant-squid-edna-australia
btw the second image is from 2020
Thank You!
This being the NY Post, I wasn't sure about factuality. There's nothing in the pictures that would indicate its size.
What used to be considered a large pizza is now sold as extra large and it really isn't as big as an old large pizza its like what a medium was . So this thing has a big ass body and beedie little eyes
But does the pizza have pineapples on it?
I'm going to need a bigger jig.
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