Body mass2.5 millionths kg
172 trillionthsSchool buses
417 trillionthsAfrican elephants
About 2.5 mg
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Mosquito
The deadliest animal on Earth, weighing less than a raindrop/Insects & Arachnids
Mosquitoes kill more humans annually than any other animal, roughly 700,000 per year via diseases like malaria. At just 2.5 milligrams, a single mosquito weighs about 1/40th of a raindrop, yet it can drink up to three times its body mass in blood. Their wings beat 600 times per second, producing that maddening whine at roughly the pitch of a D-sharp.
Measurements
Wingspan5 thousandths m
5 tenthsTooth lengths
625Red blood cells
About 5 mm
Wingbeat frequency600 Hz
400Chewing cycles
2,400Snores
1.9 tenthsSmoke detector beeps
Produces the characteristic whine
Flight speed2 m/s
4Slow shopping carts
2.5 tenthsRolled bowling balls
About 7 km/h
Body length6 thousandths m
2.4 hundredthsWrench lengths
1.3 trillionIron nuclei
4.8 billionthsCalifornia lengths
About 6 mm
Blood meal mass5 millionths kg
1.1 millionthsHouse cats
500Pollen grains
2 billionthsPickup trucks
Can drink 2-3x its body weight
Proboscis length2 thousandths m
187 millionthsSchool bus lengths
2 thousandthsGuitar lengths
Adult lifespan3.5 million s
960Work meetings
40Mayfly lifespans
4 millionHeartbeats
About 40 days for females