#World record

[antebunny]

things like this are the only times i feel even vaguely patriotic

[agnesdelmotte]

kim yeji

women's 25m pistol, world record.

[389]

Finley, a New York-based golden retriever, holds the record for casually carrying six tennis balls in his mouth at once.

[ilikeit-art]

Cen Xiaolin breaking the record of 228 jumps in 30 seconds at the World Jump Rope Championship in Oslo.

[shimmeryunderskin]

South Korean Sharpshooter Kim Yeji sets a new world record and wins gold medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

[reality-detective]

Sebastian Steudtner, a German pro surfer, rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare, Portugal, a record breaking surf! 🤔

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Aspark Owl SP600, 2024. A "production intent" electric hypercar has set a new world record for electric cars achieving a top speed of 438.7 kph (272.6 mph). The record-breaking run was the result of a collaboration between Manifattura Automobili Torino (M.A.T.) and tyre specialist Bridgestone, driven by professional racer Marc Basseng. The high speed run was achieved at at Automotive Testing Papenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.

[almamidships]

My top 5 favorite Olympics 2024 moments:

Henrik Christiansen and his relationship with chocolate muffins.

Zhou Yaqin and her adorable reaction to the medal-biting tradition.

Yusuf Dikeç and his left hand in his pocket.

Armand Duplantis and his jump breaking the world record… again.

Anthony Ammirati and his badly tucked dipstick.

[sinnerjannik]

armand duplantis headers

like/reblog if you save x

- this is part one of i don’t know how many because i love him so much and he’s so good and he just broke the world record at the olympics!!

- update: part two, three

[sixteenseveredhands]

Brandt's Bat: researchers once documented a case in which a Brandt's bat had survived in the wild for more than 40 years, making this the longest-living bat species in the world

In 1964, a wild Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii) was captured, banded, and released by researchers in the Biryusa region of Siberia. The very same bat was eventually recaptured by another team of researchers in 2005; it would have been at least 41 years old by then, making it the oldest bat ever recorded.

The previous record-holder was also a Siberian Brandt's bat (with an estimated age of 38 years).

There are twelve other species within the genus Myotis that have been documented living past the age of 20, but the lifespan of the Brandt's bat is exceptionally long, especially compared to other small mammals.

This species (and the longevity of a few other bat species) defies our conventional understanding of the relationship between an animal's size and its lifespan -- smaller animals normally have a much shorter lifespan compared to large animals, partly due to their higher metabolic demands, but these bats represent a rare exception to that rule. In fact, with an average weight of just 4 to 8 grams (which is roughly the combined weight of 2 or 3 pennies), the Brandt's bat has the longest lifespan of any mammal relative to its size.

Research suggests that its increased lifespan may be at least partially linked to a mutation in two of the genes that are related to growth. This article describes the results of one particular study:

Genes for two proteins involved in growth — called growth hormone receptor (GHR) and insulinlike growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) — showed changes that also appear among other long-lived bat species. Previous studies in mice and other animals suggest genetic changes in GHR and IGF1R are linked with longevity. For instance, mice with mutations in GHR live twice as long as normal mice, said study researcher Vadim Gladyshev, a geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

These same genetic changes also may be responsible for the bats' small size ...

"We think the bat's life span is, in part, an unintended consequence of its small body size."

There are a few other factors that may also play a role:

Brandt's bats also hibernate and roost in caves — behaviors that may help them avoid predators and extreme weather conditions, and contribute to their longer life span, the researchers said. The Brandt's bat also takes a relatively long time to reach maturity, and it does not produce many offspring — two characteristics seen in larger, longer-living mammals.

Note: nearly all of the articles that I came across refer to the 41-year-old bat as a "Brandt's bat," but at least one other source uses the term "Siberian whiskered myotis," instead. That term simply refers to the Siberian variety of the Brandt's bat (subspecies Myotis brandtii sibiricus) in particular.

Sources & More Info:

The Journals of Gerontology: A New Field Record for Bat Longevity

Bat Conservation International: Myotis brandtii

Nature: Genome Analysis Reveals Insights into Physiology and Longevity of the Brandt's Bat, Myotis brandtii

Nature: DNA Methylation Predicts Age and Provides Insight Into Exceptional Longevity of Bats

New Scientist: Gene Clues May Explain Why Brandt's Bat Lives So Long

[jaythes1mp]

"the manors comedically oversized enclosure,"

fun fact: the biggest goldfish was caught in a French fishery at 60+ pounds and was nicknamed "The Carrot".

the manors large enclosure let's goldfish!reader grow big, and both human and animal form reflect that.

Goldfish!reader before batfam kidnapping adopting: tiny

Goldfish!reader after: LARGE

Whoa. Woah.

Looks like Bruce won’t be having a problem with you after all💚

Naw seriously though, scrap the big enclosure then, you just get loads of tiny ones scattered around the manor and installed into the walls.🦖🦖

That’s my b, I should’ve read up about them more before posting😔

Link to Goldfish Reader post

[massachusetts-official]

(On anon so I don’t out myself) fun fact, the East Longmeadow rotary has been named by the Guinness Book as the most dangerous rotary in the world…I literally have to drive through it every day to get to work (I work at the mgm casino) and yeah it’s horrifying

Just another thing where MA is #1 😎

[useless-catalanfacts]

A new record: temperatures are so high, that yesterday Gavarda (a town in the Valencian Country) registered the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe in January: 30.7°C (87.26°F). This would usually be the expected temperature in early May. The previous record was set in 2021 (29.8°C in Alacant). We are record after record, and it's not good.

This adds on the drought that the Catalan Countries have been suffering for 3 years. We have water use restrictions and many farmers have lost the harvests for months because they're not allowed to water the fields. And there's no prospect for generous rain any time soon. Experts have been warning that for every degree Celsius that temperatures rise in the Mediterranean region, annual rain will reduce by 4%, and since we're a region that is already naturally prone to summer droughts, this will mean 20% less water resources.

The Mediterranean region is one of the places in the Earth that heats the most because of climate change. There will be 40% more days with extreme heat (days with temperatures higher than 35°C=95°F), which will have effects on health, particularly on open-air workers, and will suppose a 17% decrease in agriculture produce. That is, without counting rising sea levels.

The Mediterranean region is inhabited by 400-500 million people, out of which 150 million live on the coast. Experts calculate that the sea will have risen 1 meter (it's not out of the question that it might have risen even more if polluting emissions aren't reduced) by the end of the century. Considering that 37% Mediterranean coast is very low, on sea level, this means that this rise of the Mediterranean sea will put about 42 million people in extreme danger. One of the first victims will be (and is already suffering the early effects) the Delta of the Ebro river, a mostly-agricultural area in the South of Catalonia which is also a Biosphere reserve due to its great biodiversity.

And some people still say climate change isn't real 🤦

[ilikeit-art]

World record for highest female "death jump" from 31 meters.

[dronescapesvideos]

Pratt & Whitney J58 Turbojet. It Powered The Record-Breaking SR-71 Blackbird.

➤➤ PRATT & WHITNEY - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jxyydqL2NpE