The reason for the vast difference in size between the males and females is reproduction. Gordon predicted that the car would outlast him in the summer before his death in 2018. He said the car has never broken down or failed to start because he followed care directions like changing the oil after certain mileage. He loves to drive and said he would drive to Montreal or Maine just for dinner. A retired teacher, he bought the car in 1966 for $4,150. Hint: The record is held by Irvin Gordon, of Long Island, in a 1966 Volvo P1800.How many male octopuses go into the automobile mileage record?.Galleons were around 160 feet for 500 tons. The ship is famous for its bombardment of the La Goletta, in the conquest of Tunis in 1535. Hint: The São João Baptista, also called the Botafogo, was a portuguese war ship which was considered the biggest in the world at the time in the 16th century.How many female octopuses go into the length of a galleon?.We don’t have a new Measure Up intro so that means we get to hear from an animal and Carlos has to guess what it is. It’s also the part of the show that’s introduced by you when you send in audio of yourself saying, singing, or chittering the words measure up into ldtaxonomy at gmail dot com. The official listener’s favorite part of the show! The part of the show when we present the animal’s size and dimension in relatable terms through a quiz that’s fun for the whole family. Welcome to the beloved Measure Up segment. Like other octopuses, they come in many colors and can change colors for camouflage. Males have one longer arm, but more on that later.įour of the eight female legs are webbed and that webbing can be longer than the length over her body. They both have the typical octopus head and arm shape with arms growing to double their total length. The blanket octopus has a high degree of sexual dimorphism in terms of size and look. But that’s just how you survive here in Life, Death, and Taxonomy. But unfurling your snuggie has consequences in the deep blue, so the blanket octopus needs to have some improvised weapons at its disposal. Worthy of its name, the blocktopus drifts and flutters with dazzling colors across the pelagic seas. The ocean is home to many a strange and wondrous creature, but few are so strange as the blanket octopus. “…Today we’re talking about a cephalopod that wears a beautiful gown. Measuring about three feet tall, the kings are the second-largest of all penguins, eclipsed only by the emperors.Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 31:46 The males take the first incubation shift, which can last for weeks, while the females venture to the sea for a well-earned meal.
Instead they keep each egg warm on the top of their feet. King penguins nest in massive colonies-sometimes with hundreds of thousands of birds-on sub-Antarctic islands. The female can grow to six feet long and up to 40,000 times heavier than the male, which is smaller than a Ping Pong ball-one of the most extreme sex differences in the animal kingdom. Scientists suspect that the membranous webbing helps to deter would-be predators by making the octopus appear larger and more intimidating. Credit: Mike BartickĪ female blanket octopus unfurls her iridescent cape. To stay hidden in the dark waters, the fish have evolved an opaque stomach that acts like a built-in blackout curtain after they have eaten. Whenever they ingest a glowing meal, they risk lighting up from within, broadcasting their location to their own predators.
They orient themselves vertically to pick out the silhouettes of prey swimming overhead, then strike with their nasty jaws. Reclusive telescopefish live nearly a mile below the ocean’s surface, where they feed on bioluminescent creatures.
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