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How Long Do Animals Live (1939)

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In 1939, Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia publish a simple yet clever infographic that show the life expectancy of animals using ISOTYPE technique. An ISOTYPE is a visual language for making icons and the concept of using multiples to exhibit quantitative data. The zig-zag lifeline on this ISOTYPE chart is an intelligent solution for squeezing a long timeline in to one single page.

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Published by
Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia
Infographic Elements  
ISOTYPE
Designed by
Gerd Arntz
Associated Topics  
animal, life expectancy

How Long Do Animals Live by Gerd Arntz 1939 - Vintage infographic

Comments

4 responses to “How Long Do Animals Live (1939)”

  1. Marian Lily Avatar
    Marian Lily

    Crocodiles can live around 70 to 90 years old.

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    1. Viktor Avatar
      Viktor

      Theres no reliable way of measuring the age of crocodile that time.

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  2. BlackLlama Avatar
    BlackLlama

    Bowhead whales have an average lifespan of 200 years and there a species of clam(i forgot the name) that can live more than 400 yrs.

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  3. BrianD Avatar
    BrianD

    If only they knew about the immortal jellyfish that seems to live forever.

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