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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Structures and biochemistry don’t scale linearly like that. Just because things get bigger doesn’t mean the material they are made of is any stronger.

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