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Found out yesterday that a blue whale's heart weighs as much as a car
I was reading some random wiki page during lunch and saw that stat. Couldn't stop thinking about it all day, so I looked up more details. Apparently that huge heart only pumps blood a few times per minute, like 5 or 6 beats. How does that even work without passing out? Anyone else get weirdly stuck on a random fact that means nothing to your actual life, but you can't drop it?
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lucas15913d ago
Man, that is wild! Only 5 or 6 beats a minute? That sounds so slow I can't wrap my head around it. I guess the heart is so massive that each beat moves an insane amount of blood, so it doesn't need to pump fast. But imagine being that whale and just chilling, your heart thumping like a giant drum every 10 seconds. How does the blood not just pool in your feet?
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