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?

Question

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?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I highly recommend JBS Haldanes 1926 essay “[On Being the Right Size](http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRightSize.pdf)