Comments on: Pearl Divers to Squid Eaters – Diving the Depths

By: Gavrilo Princep

Gavrilo Princep — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:23:08 +0000

and Burma and Myanmar are the same country, and are not members of the commonwealth, and Australia is strictly metric only (lived there twice)

By: Gavrilo Princep

Gavrilo Princep — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:15:56 +0000

as a kiwi, I can tell you that the only place that imperial measurements are used is in the 22 yard (1 chain) length of a cricket wicket, oh, and the 22 yard line in Rugby. Most people have no idea how heavy a pound is, for example, and few will have heard of a furlong.

Occasional usages …. as in, Brit tourists say “oh, about 10 feet, like”

Only the USA and Liberia still use the Imperial system.

By: Graphics

Graphics — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:57:46 +0000

Not entirely true. The imperial measurements system was invented in Britain; it’s called the Imperial System in Britain as it was mandatory in the British Empire.

Nowadays, most commonwealth countries have switched to the metric system – even Britain is officially metric although feet and inches are widely used, speed limits must be in mph and road signs are almost entirely in miles, yards or feet.

Apart from Britain, imperial measurements are used in the USA. There are also occasional usages in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Myanmar, Burma and other commonwealth and other former imperial countries.

By: metric man

metric man — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:46:40 +0000

actually MOST people would know what 3k was only America uses the imperial measurements.

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:49:39 +0000

Would be cool to continue the human references, such as deepest sub depth and record dive. Maybe throw in Marianas Trench depth

By: Graphics

Graphics — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:35:19 +0000

There are 3.28 feet in 1 meter. So the sperm whale actually dives to a depth of 9,840 feet or 1.86 miles.

By: Milander

Milander — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:03:02 +0000

You should really put something there by way of comparison to give peeps an idea of the depth. Most people will have no real idea of just how friggin deep 3k is for an animal to dive.