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"why size matters in animal behaviour? How can a hamster survive falling from the top of a skyscraper, ants carry over 100 times their own body weight and geckos climb across the ceiling? In the first of this year's Christmas lectures, Dr Mark Miodownik investigates . He reveals how the science of materials - the stuff from which everything is made - can explain some of the most extraordinary and surprising feats in the animal kingdom. By the end, you will understand why you will never see an elephant dance" - British Royal Institute of Science
Hello everyone. This is a revised form of a previous attempt to get some information on scale of animals, structures in relation to gravity.
If gravity was lower, would animals be able to grow larger? Say if we terraformed Mars. Would animals on Mars evolve to be bigger than those on Earth? That there are 150 ton blue whales in the ocean where specific gravity ( density of object vs density of its medium ) is close to zero is evidence i think to support this possibility. ( Do I need to cite a peer reviewed journal paper for the existence of blue whales? )
If yes, how much larger could animals grow in say, half g gravity?
Thanks,
Hello everyone. This is a revised form of a previous attempt to get some information on scale of animals, structures in relation to gravity.
If gravity was lower, would animals be able to grow larger? Say if we terraformed Mars. Would animals on Mars evolve to be bigger than those on Earth? That there are 150 ton blue whales in the ocean where specific gravity ( density of object vs density of its medium ) is close to zero is evidence i think to support this possibility. ( Do I need to cite a peer reviewed journal paper for the existence of blue whales? )
If yes, how much larger could animals grow in say, half g gravity?
Thanks,