# d3-whale-vs-human-me
Showing the comical difference in ME (Maintenance Energy) between fin whales and humans.

Currently a work in progress.

This data viz project is backed by research from my bio undergrad. Once upon a time I made a fin whale nutrition blog
for an assignment (disclaimer: it was not customized in any way - s'all about the research on that one). 
This can be viewed at https://physalus.wordpress.com/

The human maintenance energy values are from other scientific sources, linked below:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/aa040e/aa040e07.htm

http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19801407687.html;jsessionid=E394A5179225BEF5653F10311FEC6216

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/79/6/1078.short

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=919444&fileId=S0007114570000557

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/40/6/1264.short


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