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I always thought it was because bugs have no bones, so if they get too big they won't be sustain their weight.
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yeah, I always thought the reason we dont see humongous land animals anymore is because their huge mass and girth was impractical to sustain, requiring enormous amounts of food. I thought that extended to big insects as well, smaller is simply better and more efficient...
Or so i thought anyway.
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Well, I once saw a documentary about the past with dinos and superbugs. That was a couple of years ago and they already said the insects were so big cause of the high amount of oxygen ... so whats new about that?
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hmm interesting...
I also thought that Insects couldn't grow big cause they're bodies couldn't support the weight.
shouldn't this be in the athenaeum?
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hmm interesting...
I also thought that Insects couldn't grow big cause they're bodies couldn't support the weight.
shouldn't this be in the athenaeum?
No, because if you imagine if you Had to fight Hordes of foot-long cockroaches just to be able to get to your kitchen then it'd be Thema Devia material. *pulls out a can of Raid* If I'm not back in Five minutes, then wait longer.
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I always thought it was because bugs have no bones, so if they get too big they won't be sustain their weight.
Bugs have an exoskeleton which keeps their size down. 250 million years ago the atmosphere must have been able to support bigger exoskeletons... or something.
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Bugs have an exoskeleton which keeps their size down. 250 million years ago the atmosphere must have been able to support bigger exoskeletons... or something.
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Well, I always thought that they have only exoskeletons so if they want to become large, they'd have to make their exoskeleton thicker.
But if they make it too thick it becomes too heavy and it would be crushed by it's own weight.
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there were some pretty large bugs, one of the bigger ones was like a giant centipede that was 5 ft tall when it stood up.
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Well, I always thought that they have only exoskeletons so if they want to become large, they'd have to make their exoskeleton thicker.
But if they make it too thick it becomes too heavy and it would be crushed by it's own weight.
Exactly.