These fantastic infographics are from designer Stephen Taubman . In the first, he illustrates how all three factions would fare in the forthcoming ultimate three-way cage match for evolutionary dominance between aliens, predators, and human beings. Especially helpful is his advice, under "If you meet a Predator," not to attempt to engage it with a flying side-kick. This was the mistake that I made. The second graphic explains the physics behind what Boing-Boinger Jimmy Guterman has described as "the greatest scene ever in the greatest movie of all time," viz. the destruction of a cruising jetliner by the eponymous "Mega Shark" from Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus . You may be interested to know, for instance, that Mega Shark's air attack requires breaking the surface of the water with a velocity of 710 km/hr, which is faster than a bullet train but not quite so fast as a Tomahawk missile. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Biology | Digg this!

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