3283: Size and Lifespan
| Size and Lifespan |
 Title text: With their 13 years recording and performing together and two humans worth of mass, the White Stripes are sandwiched neatly between gray wolves and blue whales. |
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This comic presents a correlation between the size (in kg, therefore more accurately, the mass) of different objects with colors in their names, and their size and lifespan. It is similar to common charts that map the size versus lifespan of various animals, showing that, broadly, the larger they are, the longer they live. Here, however, it covers entirely unrelated classes of objects (animals, features of the Earth, and even stars), appearing to suggest that there is some universal cosmic trend across all entities named with a color. Only black holes are complete outliers although at either end of the scale, white blood cells and stars are 'smeared' across the chart, crossing areas that fit the apparent trend, but also straying away from it.
Somewhat dubiously, the chart conflates typical lifespans in some cases with lifetime to date in others.
| Object | Size (kg) | Lifespan (seconds) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| white blood cells | 10-11 ±0.5 | 104.5 ± 1.5 and 108.25 ± 0.75 | |
| yellowjackets | 10-4 ±0.5 | 107.25 ± 0.5 | |
| gray wolves | 101.5 ±0.5 | 108.5 ±0.5 | |
| blue whales | 104.5 ±1 | 109 ±0.5 | |
| black holes | 105.5 to ≥1011.75 ±1.25 | 100 to ≥1025 | |
| Red Sea | 1017.5 ±0.5 | 1015 ±1 | |
| Greenland | 1020 ±0.5 | 1016.75 ±0.5 | |
| red dwarfs to | 1029 to
1032.5 |
1021 to
1013.5 |
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I am surprised black holes have so little mass. Can this be correct? 163.116.173.198 a black hole
- Black holes can come in a vast range of masses - we're only seeing the relatively tiny short-lived ones, but they extend well off the chart into much more massive and long-lived ones. 82.13.184.33 12:20, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
I definitely want to know why white blood cells have two "clumps" of area instead of a contiguous area. AdmiralMemo (talk) 12:30, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- See the table here - certain lymphocytes have a lifetime of years, whereas for other white blood cells it's only hours or days. 82.13.184.33 12:39, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
The table is wildly off and doesn't match the graph. Wolves weight 1 kilogram? Blue Whales weigh 100 kg? 2803:7260:110:270:ad6d:487c:fa3:ce0 (talk) 12:35, 10 August 2026 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Table re-measured to the nearest quarter-increment. SomeDee (talk) 12:57, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
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