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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fortunately, snail speed doesn‘t scale linearly with size, as the relativ slowing down of oxygen diffusion into the cells would shut down metabolic processes in the snail and lead to its asphyxiation.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember reading once that the human skeleton couldn't possibly support a 50-foot giant. Or even a 10-foot giant. The world's tallest people have all kinds of skeletal issues. The tallest man in recorded history, Robert Wadlow 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m), had to wear leg braces because his leg bones were so brittle. Also, he couldn't feel anything in his lower legs and feet because his nerves down there just didn't have the energy to make it to his brain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What kind of sin could a man commit in a single lifetime to bring this upon himself?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just don't want to grow anymore.

I don't want to grow anymore!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I haven't seen that in probably close to 30 years, but the melodrama of that scene has always stuck with me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Can't apply normal physics to Kaiju. They'd all collapse. Mass increases faster than height and their bones/shells/exoskeletons would break.