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23 February 2011

OMG Whale! Actual size. In your browser. (Flash. Loads slowly because it's, you know, a big ol' blue whale.)

post by: BitterOldPunk at: 13:56 | 13 comments

Whoa, dude. Very much the awesome.

posted by deborah 23 February | 15:14

A whale? Here? Where?

posted by Ardiril 23 February | 15:55

Turns out blue whales are sorta boring, looked at in this way.

posted by danf 23 February | 16:00

If it crashes my browser, may I call it a Fail Whale or has Twitter trademarked that?

posted by oneswellfoop 23 February | 16:36

damn she big

posted by Firas 23 February | 17:34

What are those white flecks drifting by? Krill?

posted by Joe Beese 23 February | 17:41

So fabulous, BOP! Thanks for sharing this!

posted by Elsa 23 February | 19:51

Yeah, that was really amazing, and then really boring! (I mean, I'm glad you linked it. Just kind of interesting to note.)

posted by serazin 24 February | 00:50

That's a tiny whale, if its eye fits within the frame of my screen. I've been inside a young male blue whale skeleton, and that thing is biiig. For example, here's a little pic of some kids next to the skeleton, near the head.

I'm not sure if you're allowed to walk through the newly refurbished skeleton, but even being close to it again would be pretty fantastic.

posted by filthy light thief 24 February | 11:53

But that's a fun site, thanks for sharing, and sorry my first comment was a jerky one.

posted by filthy light thief 24 February | 11:54

no filthy light thief that's informative. I too expected the eye to be a bit larger

posted by Firas 24 February | 17:01

actually I did some research and it seems that the eye should definitely fit within a 14inch screen.. much smaller than that in diameter

posted by Firas 24 February | 17:07

Aha, I stand corrected. Thanks!

posted by filthy light thief 24 February | 17:32

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