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RE: Invasion of Giant Insects and The Square-Cube Law

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pjheinz (66)in #science • 9 years ago

Insects have tiny legs proportional to their bodies. Large creatures like dinosaurs or even elephants have thick tree trunk like legs. The reason is they need to support more mass per unit area.

9 years ago in #science by pjheinz (66)
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