Size It Up · Animals
How long is Giant squid?
12 mlength
Giant squid reach about 12 m including tentacles.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Giant squid.
- 1× the city bus (12 m)
- 2.18× the giraffe (5.5 m)
- 2.67× the family car (4.5 m)
- 5.91× the front door (2.03 m)
How to picture 12 m
Start from something you can see right now. Giant squid is about 1× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.
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