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Chihuahua

The world's smallest recognized dog breed/Small Animals

The Chihuahua packs an outsized personality into a body that barely tips the scales. Originating in the Mexican state of the same name, these tiny dogs have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any breed and a resting heart rate that would alarm a cardiologist. They shiver not just from cold but from sheer excitement at existing.

Measurements

Height at shoulder2 tenths m
87 billionthsGreat Barrier Reefs
51.1 millionthsAkashi Kaikyo spans
1.11Carrot lengths

Breed standard 15-23 cm

Body length2.4 tenths m
6 hundredthsHigh jump bar lengths
5.6 hundredthsTrampoline diameters
2.82Shuttlecock lengths
Body mass2 kg
741 millionthsBlue whale tongues
250 millionthsYachts
2.35Chipotle bowls

Breed standard 1.5-3 kg

Resting heart rate2.33 Hz
2,118Phone checks
1.55Windshield wipers
8.32Eye blinks

About 140 bpm

Body temperature312 K
6.5 tenthsFresh pizza ovens
9.2 tenthsLaptop surfaces
8.3 tenthsBoiling water

About 38.3 C

Top running speed6.7 m/s
1.5 tenthsSneeze velocities
1Cyclist
335 millionthsMeteorites

About 24 km/h

Average lifespan473 million s
8.3 thousandthsGreat Wall constructions
2.6 millionCommercial breaks

About 15 years

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