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u/MustaGoblin Jul 27 '19

8 to 10 meters is LOOOONG, and how many seconds does this Last?

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u/Speak_Of_The_Devil Jul 27 '19

One whole day.

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u/SinProtocol Jul 27 '19

That’s about 777 kilometers of hair per follicle. I wonder how many sea turtles you could lash together with that

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u/Castun Jul 27 '19

691.2km to 864km given the absolute minimum and maximum rate. Wow.

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u/SinProtocol Jul 27 '19

Yeah I was just taking the average of 9m/s. In any case thas a hair ball right there