#1
Average person is between
45 and 75 seconds.
World Records
(as of 4 July 2008):
- 10 minutes and 12 seconds - Tom Sietas (German) -
Static Apnea - June
2008
- 17 minutes and 4 seconds - David Blaine (USA) -
Static Apnea (after
breathing pure oxygen for 23 minutes) - April 2008
#2
Average time is 20 minutes to an hour, depending on species.
A resting or sleeping turtle can go up to 7 hours.
A frightened or panicked turtle uses oxygen rapidly and may drown in
minutes.
#3
Average is about 2 to 3 minutes. But they can hold their breath for up
to
15 minutes.
#4
Average for whales is 10 to 30 minutes.
The sperm whale can hold its breath up to 2 hours.
#5
We don’t know yet. The dog is not cooperating.
#6
There are approximately 6 different species of Sea Turtles.
There are approximately 33 different species of Dolphins.
There are approximately 400 different species of Sharks.
There are approximately 85 different species of Whales.
There is only 1 species of dog (Canis lupus familiaris), but there are
over 800 breeds.
#7
Sea Turtle: Leatherback – 6 feet & over
2,000 lbs
Dolphin: Orca - up to 26 feet & over 13,440 lbs
Shark: Whale Shark – up to 50 feet & over
134,400 lbs
Whale: Blue Whale – up to 110 feet &
268,800 lbs
Dog: English Mastiff – up to 8 ft & over
200lbs
#8
702 feet (214 meters) made in No Limits (free diving) competition by
Herbert Nitsch (Austrian) – June 2007
#9
Porpoises are generally smaller have a snub beak, triangular dorsal fin
and square teeth, where dolphins have a long beak, curved fin and
pointed teeth. Dolphins have a relatively larger brain as well.
#10
(as of May 2008, this includes the height of all antennas etc)
- Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE – 2,313 ft (when
completed)
- KVLY-TV mast in N.Dakota, USA – 2,063
ft
- CN Tower in Toronto, CAN – 1,815
ft
- Sears Tower in Chicago, USA – 1,730
ft
- Taipei 101 in Taipei Taiwan – 1,671 ft
#11
Mariana Trench (Western Pacific Ocean) – 35,789 feet below
sea level
(6.8 miles deep)
Puerto Rico Trench (North of V.I.s)
– 28,232 feet below sea level
(5.3 miles deep)
#12
A knot is a unit of speed equal to 1 nautical mile / hr.
Ship speed used to be measured
by throwing a ‘chip log’ overboard and seeing how
much line paid out in a 30 second interval. The line attached to the
‘chip log’ had a knot tied every 47 ft 3
in. The
number of knots that paid out during 30 seconds was the
vessel's speed (in knots).
#13
There is the ‘bell rope’ for certain. Others like
the bolt rope, tiller rope and foot rope are still being debated.
