Blue whale

The key role of size in hfe has been eloquently described J. T. Bonner, Why Size Matters From Bacteria to Blue Whales, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 2006. 

Examine the graph in Figure 4.21. Could a 24-D sphere of radius 2 inches contain the volume of a blue whale (Fig. 4.23) ... 

Estimate the value of the 24-D hypervolume of a whale. To compute this, assume that the length of a blue whale is about 100 feet. 

As parasites, flatworms have extended their global presence by taking advantage of the adaptations of many diverse invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Many parasitic forms are host-specific and many of these are site-specific within or on their host. Contemplate on the biodiversity of vertebrates, consider that many platyhelminths use one or more intermediate hosts and one may just begin to grasp the diversity of parasitic flatworms. From the microscopic interstitial free-living species that live between particles of mud to the enormously long tapeworms of blue whales, an estimate of 100,000 extant species, of which only about 20,000 have been formally... 

Animals range in size from no more than a single cell to complex organisms weighing many tons, such as blue whales and giant squid. The majority of all animals inhabit the world s oceans, with fewer in fresh water and even fewer on land. 

Lefebvre, K.A., Bargu, S., Kieckhefer, T, and Silver, M.W. 2002. Erom sanddahs to blue whales the pervasiveness of domoic acid. Toxicon 40, 971-977. 

Some of the world s largest whales, including the largest of all mammals, the blue whale, do not develop teeth but instead have hundreds of overlapping plates of baleen hanging like curtains from their upper jaws. 

Mammals range in size from bats, some of which weigh less than 1 oz (28.4 g), to the blue whale, which weighs more than 200,000 lb (90,800 kg). Mammals are found in cold arctic climates, in hot deserts, and in every terrain in between. Marine mammals, such as whales and seals, spend most of their time in the ocean. While mammals are not as numerous and diverse as, for example, birds or insects, mammals have a tremendous impact on the environment, particularly due to the use of Earth s natural resources by one species of mammal humans. 

Americans forget how large the blue whale is it has a heart as large as a Volkswagen Beetle and can hold an elephant on its tongue. 

Waxes are solids that furnish waterproof coatings on leaves and fruit and on the skins and feathers of animals. Waxes are also important commercially. For example, whale oil is largely composed of the wax cetyl palmitate. It has been used in so many products, including cosmetics and candles, that the blue whale has been hunted almost to extinction. 

FIGURE 9.3 Partial capillary gas chromatograms of lipid fractions from blue whale Bal-aenoptera musculus) lipid samples, (a) Total FA (analyzed as methyl esters) derived from the solvent fractionation of lipid classes from a subcutaneous blubber lipid extract by the hydrolytic reaction of O-acyl ester lipids (b) the neutral hpid fraction, containing nonsaponifiable lipids (analyzed as bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (OTMS) esters), derived from the solvent fractionation of lipid classes from a dorsal blubber hpid extract. In this case, FA have contaminated the neutral lipid fraction and have been detected as OTMS esters. 

Gray whales Blue whales Sea otters Sea lions... 

Size matters. Engineered systems are relatively large, while natural systems (animals) are relatively small. When we compare a modern nuclear submarine (Fish 2009) with a whale, both systems possess a fusiform shape to reduce drag and energy expenditure. Both also operate in the same environment, that is, underwater, and they are subjected to the same forces of nature. The blue whale is a huge animal, growing up to 33 meters in length, but it is still tiny when compared with a modern submarine, which may be... 

Sperm whales grow up to 18 metres in length and 50 tonnes in weight.The intestinal tract of a sperm whale can reach a length of up to 250 metres. - Sperm whales are smaller than blue whales (Balaenoptera muscu-lus, up to 30 metres and 180 tonnes). 

Cetacea An order of marine mammals comprising the whales, which includes what is probably the largest known animal - the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), over 30 m long and over 150 tonnes in weight. 

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