Size isn't necessarily an accomplishment in itself, but there's still something primal and awe-inducing about things that dwarf us and make us feel small.
So here's a reminder that there are things in the world that can still put our lives in perspective and remind us that we're not the kings of all creation that we think we are.
This fossilized dinosaur femur weighs in at an estimated 500 kg (1102 lbs.), which really makes all the displays in museums that much more impressive, doesn't it?
This is Knickers, an Australian steer that stands about as tall as Michael Jordan, while significantly outweighing him at about 1.4 tonnes.
Knickers' sheer size has saved his life, as he's too big for the abattoir.
When a giant squid washed up on a New Zealand beach, this guy had to get a comparison pic in. Would not want to end up on the business end of those tentacles!
The difference in their sizes comes from the difference in grits, 80 on the bottom vs. 120 in the middle vs. 220 on top. The size of grit really adds up!
This one is for mounting solar panels, which you really don't want going anywhere on their own. Must be quite the task screwing these monsters in!
This is reservoir side of the dam before it filled up with water and created Lake Mead. Fun fact: had the dam been built with a single, continuous pour of concrete, it would still be cooling today — the engineers calculated it would take 125 years for it to fully cool.
And remember, it's really only cuddly because it's sedated for a medical procedure. Otherwise, you should leave a Canada lynx some space.
But those big ol' paws aren't just for taking swipes — they also act as snowshoes, allowing them to get around in deep snow with ease.
Same tree, human stretching versus Siberian tiger stretching. I'm not sure she'd even come up to this cat's armpit.
This behemoth found itself parked on a beach in Washington State back in 2010. No surprise, it has stayed there and become a popular picture spot while other driftwood gets washed back out to sea.
Well, 40 pounds and more than a foot in height. Alisha Zappitella, on the left, stands 4'11" and fights in the atomweight division, while Megan Anderson, on the right, stands 6'0" and fights in the featherweight division.
This hangar is full of MQ-9 Reaper drones, each of which has a 66-foot wingspan and weighs almost 5,000 lbs.
Well, this is a pretty average human next to a whale's skull, so...yeah, whales are massive.
And it sure doesn't feel like you get a lot of light from something that's half as large as a person, does it?
In fact, The Rock stands 6'5", but he's relatively small when next to Sun Mingming, who towers over just about everybody else in the world at 7'9".
Ulm Minster in Germany is currently the tallest church in the world, standing at 161.5 meters (530 feet). No wonder it took over 400 years to build.
Well, South America in particular. Fossils of Stupendemys have been discovered with shells measuring more than 11 feet in length!
Bugatti once made a car that was 21 feet long! Only seven of the Bugatti Royale were ever produced, however, and only three were ever sold — not due so much to the trouble with parking such a behemoth, but because the Great Depression was on.
Six of them still exist today.
This beast of an excavator tips the scales at almost 800 tons, which explains why it has to be moved on a trailer with 16 axles.
It's because this is Bagger 288, one of the largest digging machines in the world. It makes the excavator above it look like a toy, weighing in at 13,500 tons, and it's capable of digging the equivalent of a football field to 98 feet deep in a day.
The Great Pyramid was the tallest structure for almost 4000 years for a reason! And if it's this big, imagine every structure that surpassed it.
This is an Atlas Moth! They're one of the largest species of moths, but fun fact, they only survive a few days after becoming a moth, as their metamorphosis process leaves them without a mouth. Seems the world was not long for these beasts.
I still vividly remember the day I found out wombats were this big, I always pictured them the size of groundhogs. This wombat here is named Patrick, and he was the oldest living wombat, passing away at 32 years old in 2017.
These are tetrapods, specifically the ones near High Island Reservoir Hong Kong. They're giant, interlocking figures meant to help prevent coastal erosion as they break incoming waves and let water flow around instead of against them.
These are Clydesdales, a huge breed of horse that makes most other horses pale in comparison. They're not even the biggest, though. Other species like Pecherons dwarf even these guys, and suddenly I'm starting to understand why some people are scared of horses.
This is the source of my nightmares, the Oarfish. They are usually deep-sea fish, swimming vertically with their heads upwards. They've only been seen at the surface when sick and dying, and are thought to be the inspiration behind some of the sea monster myths that have floated around for centuries. This isn't even the biggest they can get. Be scared with me.
This cave is actually the largest cave on Earth, Son Doong in Vietnam. It's over 3.1 miles long, 660 feet high, and 490 feet wide, with its own jungle, river, and weather system independent of that aboveground.
Michaelangelo's 'David' stands at 17 feet tall, which makes the sculpture all the more impressive seeing as I thought it was, like, 8 feet at most.
This is the Galápagos Giant Tortoise, and while this specific picture plays with perspective a little bit, they are still the largest species of tortoise and can grow to weight upwards of 900 pounds!
This male bison, who's getting some blood tests done in this photo, weighs about 3000 pounds. No wonder they need such a contraption to keep him in place.
What you're looking at here is the Valonia Ventricosa. It's the world's largest single-cell organism, about the size of a tennis ball. So, yes, this isn't really that big, but for a single-cell organism it's incredible!
For how big they are on the outside, I'm sure anyone who's been deployed in one can promise it feels a lot, lot smaller on the inside.
I feel like many of us go a while without thinking about moose or conceptualizing a moose, so the next time we try we think they're, like, around the size of horses.
Let this be a warning. They are always so much bigger than you think, and they're built like brick houses.
Behold Cave of the Crystals in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. They hold gigantic selenite crystals, some of the largest crystals ever found, and when they used to accept visitors, their time would be limited due to heat and the toxic atmosphere. They're now closed to visitors though, being allowed to return to their natural flooded state.
This is a Sequoia tree. Of course they don't all get this big, but someone who grew up near Sequoia National Park said that there were tons of these types of giants. Many would even split off into multiple trees with the same, giant trunk and root system!
This guy says he's 5'11", and he's standing next to a mound built by termites. He added that this one wasn't even the largest one around.
