Body length4 m
727 millionHemoglobin molecules
118 millionthsBermuda lengths
8.89Necklace lengths
Photo by David Clode on Unsplash
White Rhinoceros
The second-largest land animal on Earth/Large Land Animals
The white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the second-largest land animal and has been around in some form for 50 million years. Their name has nothing to do with color; it's a mistranslation of the Dutch 'wijd' (wide), referring to their broad mouth. Their horn is made entirely of keratin, the same protein as your fingernails, which makes the poaching crisis even more absurd.
Measurements
Body mass2,300 kg
46,000Rubber ducks
657Newborn babies
Adult male; females ~1700 kg
Front horn length6 tenths m
1.69Violins
171 millionthsMonaco lengths
25 quadrillionthsVoyager 1 distances
Average; record horn was 1.58 m
Top speed12.5 m/s
1.5 tenthsBullet trains
41.7Roombas
41.7 billionthsLight speeds
~45 km/h in charge
Shoulder height1.8 m
1.5 tenthsHouse widths
6.43Paper towel sheets
Head length1.2 m
7.5Kindle heights
4 quadrillionthsOort Cloud edges
1.4 thousandthsBurj Khalifas
Carries head close to the ground for grazing
Daily food intake54 kg
131 millionthsEmpty Boeing 747s
180 septillionGlucose molecule weights
Grazer; eats mostly short grasses
Skin thickness2.5 hundredths m
1.8 tenthsSunglasses widths
19.5 millionthsBridge spans
1 hundredthsSunflower heights
~2.5 cm thick hide