{"id":7978,"date":"2011-08-08T23:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=7978"},"modified":"2011-08-09T01:01:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T08:01:52","slug":"a-heart-the-size-of-herbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/08\/08\/a-heart-the-size-of-herbie\/","title":{"rendered":"A Heart The Size Of Herbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I learned that a blue whale&#8217;s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Also that its tongue weighs more than an elephant. (And I thought I was a huge dork.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7978]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/08\/08\/a-heart-the-size-of-herbie\/blue-whales-heart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1200376464&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blue Whale&#8217;s Heart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7980\" title=\"Blue Whale's Heart\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Blue-Whales-Heart.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I learned that a blue whale&#8217;s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Also that its tongue weighs more than an elephant. (And I thought I was a huge dork.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-24G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4942,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/02\/13\/its-not-the-size\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s Not The Size","date":"February 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Even a lesser chevron of clouds can be amazing at sunset.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;San Diego&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sunset-02-13-11-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14934,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/10\/30\/follow-up-with-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":1},"title":"Follow-Up With Heart","date":"October 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Drove my mom to a follow-up appointment with her cardiologist at the recently opened, new cardiac center at Thornton Hospital to discuss the results of her CT scan from yesterday. The doctor gave her the good news that her aneurism has remained stable since her last scan about a year\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dr.-Daniels01-10-30-13.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11420,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/07\/my-revu-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":2},"title":"My Revu Update","date":"February 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"So after posting on my blog yesterday about signing up for an online resum\u00e9 service called Revu, none other than the CEO of that very company discovered and tweeted about my post. That is true customer appreciation and valued interaction. 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