why is it impossible for animals to grow to certain sizes without collapsing under their own weight? If you just scale everything up 1:1, why can’t they just function normally at increased sizes?

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why is it impossible for animals to grow to certain sizes without collapsing under their own weight? If you just scale everything up 1:1, why can’t they just function normally at increased sizes?

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I think this is pretty obvious without asking. Obviously the larger something is, the heavier it is. Forget about bones, if you scale an eye 1000 times don’t you think it will sag out of shape from it’s own weight?

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