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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI think that just results in billions of dog sized bugs being dead no? Isn’t it a lack of available oxygen in the air that keeps their size down? Granted, every flying insect becoming as large as a dog and plummeting to the Earth instantly would be fucking horrifying.
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThe inverse-square law means that most insects lack the body structure to withstand their own weight at that size, which would mean a horrifying moment or all insects growing and then imploding under their own weight.
I think that just results in billions of dog sized bugs being dead no? Isn’t it a lack of available oxygen in the air that keeps their size down?
Granted, every flying insect becoming as large as a dog and plummeting to the Earth instantly would be fucking horrifying.
The inverse-square law means that most insects lack the body structure to withstand their own weight at that size, which would mean a horrifying moment or all insects growing and then imploding under their own weight.