8-15 humming bird 2, originally uploaded by Ransome.
Heart Facts – Size
The normal human heart is a strong, muscular pump a little larger than a fist. It weighs about 230 grams. It pumps blood continuously through the circulatory system. Each day the average heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,100 gallons of blood.
The heart of the blue whale is the size of a Honda. It weighs about one half ton. It beats seven times a minute, or about 10,000 times a day.
The heart of a hummingbird is the heaviest for any animal in relation to its tiny size. It weighs 15 grams. The hummingbird sleeps about 16 hours each day. During the 8 hour a day it is awake its heart beats about 1,200 times each minute. During the hours the hummingbird sleeps its heart rate is slower.
More Quotations about LOVE
Love, and a cough, cannot be hid. — George Herbert
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He who cannot love must learn to flatter.— Goethe
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Love is the best medicine, and there is more than enough to go around once you open your heart. — Julie Marie
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Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.— Thomas Carlyle
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If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?— Lily Tomlin
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is love. — Sophocles
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