Why can toddlers carry/lift up other children around their age with seemingly little effort?

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On multiple occasions I’ve seen little boys and girls casually wrap their arms around and carry another kid (siblings, i guess?) of similar size like it’s no big deal. They certainly don’t seem to strain themselves. And yet if you try to do the same as an adult you may well end up huffing and puffing from the effort.

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Square cube law. Basically, if you take a dude half your size overall, there is one eight the material in them. Muscle strenght scales flatter than that though, so a small fella can lift a larger weight relative to their own body mass.

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