thejml2000 t1_jcda4ry wrote
Reply to comment by morrowwm in Sauropod specimen found in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur — measuring about 15.1 m, more than the height of the Hollywood sign by marketrent
Apparently, the sign is 45’ or 13.7m tall. Apparently bananas tend to be between 7” and 8” in length, so, if we take 7.5”, that’s 72 bananas high.
Or about 0.9 of an Olympic swimming pool diving board to the bottom (5m deep+10m board height)
morrowwm t1_jcdak33 wrote
Ex-competitive swimmer here. Olympic size is 50 metres.
However, the high Olympic diving platform is 10 metres, or about 50 bananas.
Long neck on them.
thejml2000 t1_jcdat9j wrote
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking of, but not what I typed. I’ll fix that.
morrowwm t1_jcdkihm wrote
Ha ha, don't mind me. Motels advertising "an Olympic size pool" trigger me.
Rickshmitt t1_jcdkas9 wrote
Whos deciding on these units of measurement. Hollywood sign, a pool..from the diving board to the bottom?!
thejml2000 t1_jcdnfuj wrote
Probably the Board for Obtuse and Obfuscated Measurements. Aka BOOM.
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