We humans like to think of ourselves as the dominant species on the planet, and we really are, but in the grand scheme of things, we're tiny. Like, minuscule.
And nothing puts it all into perspective like seeing things that are bigger than we expect them to be.
Well, small for the animal it came from — it's a whale's vertebrae. They're just swimming around with bones the size of toddlers.
What a freaking meal! This apple apparently weighed in at a ridiculous 1.2 lbs., easily enough to keep several doctors at bay.
Three grapes to a handful is absolutely bonkers.
Lest you think they're another fruit in disguise, the uploader wrote, "Yeah, they're just giant grapes. I'm eating them right now and there's a grapevine on the bag and they were in the grape section of the produce area and the cashier said, 'Wow, look at those grapes.'"
It's like that eggplant ate three other eggplants on the way to the market. Can you imagine how much it would cost?
And not just in terms of it's beauty, but its size. The human working on the scaffolding around it sure does, however.
If they weren't terrifying enough, add the stature of Teletubbies to your nightmares. Nobody needs a Tinky Winky towering over them.
Which means you need a massive cable to do it — and this is one of the undersea cables built for the job.
And this isn't even a modern specimen, but a WWII-era sub from the Australian Navy. It's not an explorer's vessel, this thing is all business.
This one is still under construction, obviously, but there's a reason they're often referred to as floating towns.
But then, they undertake missions that no mere kite could perform, so they have to be heavy duty.
Muggy, of course, is the shortest player ever to play in the NBA at just 5'3", while Manute stood 7'7".
The hand on the right is just an average hand. On the left? The LA Clippers' Kawhi Leonard, who is a mere 6'7".
It's a gallstone the size of an egg. Yikes. That must feel so much better to have out.
But there's something about seeing a woman standing next to it, marveling at its enormity, that really brings it all home.
We are all her, even just seeing a picture of a tree like this.
That shadow cast by the moon Io on Jupiter during an eclipse measures about 2236 miles (3600 km) across. For reference, our Moon leaves a shadow about 164 miles (265 km) across during a solar eclipse.
Maybe it's not the easiest lighter in the world to use, or even to carry around, but it'll get the job done.
What makes it so special is that this is a single-celled organism, one of the largest such organisms in the world.
At 600 feet in height, the Statue of Unity is more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
And it begs the question: What task, exactly, requires a safety pin of such enormity? Because I've got nothing here.
They make humans look downright puny.
As one person related on Reddit: "I rode a Clydesdale named Rambo. Rambo didn’t give a s--t that I was on his back. Everyone else in the group of horses went left and Rambo (and I) went right so Rambo could eat some nice grass and some tasty flowers. The people on regular sized horses came and got Rambo (and rescued me) about 2 hours later. I couldn’t jump off Rambo because I was worried I’d break my ankle. I’m still not sure Rambo even knew I was there at all."
In terms of number of mouths, however, it has to be in rare company. I mean, this is H.P. Lovecraft's idea of a great Venus fly trap. What a nightmare!
But it sure looks like a newborn baby. Have to imagine it delivered by C-section, don't you think?
And apparently this isn't a rare variety of lemon, either.
"All the others on the tree were normal lemon sized," the uploader wrote, so this is just one chonky lemon.
Is it edible? Yes, giant puffballs usually are, but it's not a side-dish or a garnish, it's a feast on its own.
With some of the other huge things we've seen, we might be able to get a large recipe going.
We all know dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures were massive, but seeing the jaws of the Sacrosuchus next to a human skull, and even next to a common alligator, is enough to make you thankful they're extinct.
As in, this thing looks like it could be livestock, tipping the scales at a whopping 18 pounds.
Which also makes you wonder what the wrench you'd use on a nut like this would look like, and how they would be manipulated.
I don't know what else you'd do with them. They're clearly not swords, but they could be.
Hey-o. Admittedly, I'm not around grapevines much, but I'm still pretty sure this is far from a normal bunch.
I thought they had a kind of natural cutoff point that was much, much lower than this. Shows what I know!
These ones are found on the Galapagos islands, which hardly surprises me. The man waving is 6'5" according to the person who shared the photo.
They're known as elephant ears. The only problem I can see is that they might be even larger than an actual elephant's ear.
I think of small, sparkly crystals that are pretty and romantic, not Superman's Fortress of Solitude.
It's estimated to be about 140 million years old and weights 1102 pounds. Clearly, prehistorical French people were giants.
Or dinosaurs.
But when the Ballard Locks in Seattle had to be drained for repairs, you can really get a sense of the incredible scale.
It takes a lot of hot air to lift a basket of people. My hometown used to hold a hot air balloon festival every year and it was so cool to go watch them inflate and liftoff.
Like, compared to your average bunny, it doesn't take much to look giant, but this rabbit is GIANT. So much so that I feel weird calling it a bunny. It's a rabbit.
Just look at those limbs! They're longer than than man is tall.
I was about to make a joke about someone passing me a straw, but even joking about that much wine feels wrong.
It makes sense that they need to be large so that people can see them far enough away to stop safely, but it's hard to visualize when they're hanging high above our heads.
There are people holding onto the dangling flag in the lower right picture. You may not believe me, but they're there.
That thing is as big as my thigh, maybe even larger. Be careful where you park your car, lest one of these tumble off a tree and leave a dent in your hood.
I knew sunflowers could be tall, but not as tall as a house. And it doesn't even seem to need a brace to not fall over. Crazy!
Even if that guy is on the smaller side of average, that bison is still a massive beast.
