Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 days agoWould you rather fight a lion-sized ant, or 1,000 ant sized lions?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1-22arrow-down1message-squareWould you rather fight a lion-sized ant, or 1,000 ant sized lions?Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretobogganablaze@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-218 days agoA lion sized ant would asphyxiate rather quickly. Breathing through spiracles/tracheae doesn’t scale well.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoAnd the lions would quickly get too cold by having way too much surface area. Scientific accuracy is no fun for shrinking and growing things.
A lion sized ant would asphyxiate rather quickly. Breathing through spiracles/tracheae doesn’t scale well.
And the lions would quickly get too cold by having way too much surface area.
Scientific accuracy is no fun for shrinking and growing things.