Eli5 why no big Insects?

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Okay so I’m sure if you’ve read in history that sometime around Jurassic age that insects were like stupidly big due to O2 saturated environments. why can’t we manufacture an enclosed space with gradually increasing oxygen saturation over a few generations and see how big we can get insects?

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Probably because of the sqare-cube law.

The exoskeleton provides good protection but it’s weight increases by a lot as the size increases. Spider crab is a good example. Big for our normal standards, but it can only move because it’s underwater. If you take one to the surface, it will collapse on it’s own weight.

That’s also probably why we won’t have Gundams

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