As for the Greenland shark's own predators, they don't have many because of their very large body size.
Within populations, the interactions between environmental and individual factors, including genetic makeup, explain variability in body size between individuals.
Moreover, the researchers were keen to emphasise how fluctuating environmental conditions could alter the popular perception of an "ideal" body size.
She came in at 58 milliliters per minute (adjusted for body size).
Precisely because body size has become a personal, social and political issue, the use and meaning of words to describe it is important.
Ms. HARRISON: We found that the vast majority of characters, in particular child characters, could be coded as just having an average body size.
But through this new work they aimed to investigate whether known cross-cultural differences in body size preferences linked to stress were also mirrored in short-term stressful situations.
The scientists stated that they had proved for the first time that changes in the body size and maturation of the fish is "an evolutionary response to over-fishing".
Our culture has become so crazed about body size and food intake, that it feels almost normal to be anxious about eating and hypercritical of the bodies we inhabit.
But the unexpectedly big effect that climate change could have on body size suggests that we may be missing a big piece of the puzzle of understanding climate change effects in the ocean.
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Cetacean brains are also, scaled appropriately for body size, almost as big as those of humans and significantly bigger than those of great apes, which are usually thought of as humanity's closest intellectual cousins.
"Once you are in your 70s, 80s or 90s, or if you have chronic disease like heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic lung and kidney disease, a larger body size gives you longevity, " he said.
The University of Leeds team, who are presenting their work at a European Congress on Obesity in Liverpool, say the findings show that young children are aware of the huge societal interest in body size.
It certainly seemed to fit with previous work which had detected a wobble in the star's motion caused by a body the size of Jupiter circling in a very close orbit every 3.5 days.
Right whales have one of the smallest brain-to-body-size ratios of any cetacean, the longest penis in the animal kingdom (averaging more than seven feet or 2.3m) and testes with a combined weight of one tonne.
We got an early look at the shooter on the showroom floor, and the compact size is truly striking -- the body is comparable in size to any other mirrorless camera, though it definitely pushes the limits of what we'd consider pocketable.
As frequent flyers know, the payoff for dealing with airport security (even then) and regularly delayed flights was and is the possibility of an upgrade to first class with seats that are actually meant to house a human body of normal size.
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The machine will be used to put markers in the body to detect the size and location of a cancer.
She says she objects to directors compacting regular-size actors into body types that approximate achondroplasia, the medical condition that causes dwarfism.
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She suggested they "celebrate the beauty of diversity in body shape, skin colour, size and age" instead.
Over the next decade, itchy, painful lesions spread across his body, shedding white flakes the size of cookie crumbs.
There are several other ways of estimating body fat other than BMI and waist size, which your doctor can help you with.
Staff at the Welsh Government sponsored body will be encouraged to adopt a Size of Wales project and muster funds for it via fundraising.
Parker interviewed one woman, a 41-year-old black fitness instructor that wears a size 14, who said she loves her body.
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And even exposure data isn't a reliable measure because it can vary highly by such factors as age, gender, the body part exposed to radiation and the patient's size, says James A. Brink, chief radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-chairman of Image Wisely.
The power of a large and heavy size super-telephoto lens is available on the compact body of the SP-720UZ, fitting in the palm of your hand, and making it the perfect companion for keeping baggage light on a trip.
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The Curvy Fashionista: Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista says her goal is to show fellow plus-size women that they can don the latest trends and styles, using herself and other plus-size bloggers to demonstrate how to wear bathing suits and body-conscious dresses.
He uses small acoustic tags (the size of a large multivitamin capsule) that are sewn into the body cavities of salmon.
But to answer your first question, I would say, yes, it is possible to love yourself on a day-to-day basis, no matter what your size, no matter what your height, no matter what your body shape is, and I really do think that's a mind-set that we need to focus on, you know, attaining.
"It's a major coup for Equivital, which, despite its small size - currently only 25 employees - provides the US Army with its human body monitoring system, " the company told BBC News.
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