What do people mean when they say that a giant monster like Godzilla would “collapse under the weight of itself?”

Question

Wouldn’t a monster that big have extra large bones and muscles to support all that mass?

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Answer 1

Godzilla is three dimensional.

So if you make him 2 times taller, you make him 2 to the power of 3 heavier (= 8 times heavier). Length x 2, width x 2 and height x 2.

2 x 2 x 2 = 8

But he needs bigger muscles to support what is now eight times his weight, so let’s make him another time twice as big!

Basically, his weight will multiply exponentially faster than his height, meaning he will never be sustainable.