Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals, thanks to their towering legs and long necks. A giraffe's legs alone are taller than many humansâabout 6 feet (1.8 meters).These long legs allow giraffes to run as fast as 35 miles (56 kilometers) an hour over short distances and cruise comfortably at 10 miles (16 kilometers) an hour over longer distances. giraffe's legs alone are taller than many humansâabout 6 feet (1.8 meters). These long legs allow giraffes to run as fast as 35 miles (56 kilometers) an hour over short distances and cruise comfortably at 10 miles (16 kilometers) an hour over longer distances.
The median annual wage for biomedical engineers was $86,220 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $51,480, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $139,520.
Salary.com claims an average pay is $51,010 for level 1 biomedical engineers where the lower 10% had salaries less than $34,971 while the top 10% recorded a rate more than $63,924 annually. PayScaleâs survey shows an average biomedical engineering salary of $60,789 a year or an equivalent rate of $24 an hour.