I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Higher Oxygen content in the air.
That's how the insects get so big, too.
That's how the insects get so big, too.
I'd like to see a dire eagle take off.
Darklone said:
I think you're not quite accurate there - being in the water does not change how much pressure is required to move the blood.
Please remember that engineering sciences have advanced a great deal since things like that were going around. These days, we can identify where muscles attach to bones, and calculate the stresses on the skeletal structure. And we aren't talking about dinosaurs - this is a beast only 6 million years old, there is no evidence that the basic deisgns for birds have changed all that much over that short a period.
Nyeshet
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Depends on how large the insects are and what the air pressure / content is. Higher O2 and somewhat higher pressure allowed for eagle-sized dragon flies, after all, as well as spiders, scorpions, ants, etc that were notably larger than their modern counterparts.Jhaelen said:
Meganeura, the eagle sized dragonfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura
Arthropleura, the largest land anthropod ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura
Moon-Lancer
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I wonder what happened to all that oxygen? perhaps less trees to creatures ratio??
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Actually, I have a theory that covers giant insects and giant flying creatures.
The D&D minis are Actual Size. So the Colossal spider is just one of the big South American tarantulas. And a Giant Eagle is about the size of an ordinary sparrow.
My theory also explains how high level D&D characters can routinely survive 1000' falls.
The D&D minis are Actual Size. So the Colossal spider is just one of the big South American tarantulas. And a Giant Eagle is about the size of an ordinary sparrow.
My theory also explains how high level D&D characters can routinely survive 1000' falls.
ivocaliban
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Hard science and fantasy don't generally mix. Even giants (as in really big humanoids) can't hold up under scientific scrutiny, let alone really big birds. So it goes.
Darth Shoju
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Moon-Lancer said:
Perhaps. Although, half of the world's oxygen comes from plankton, so that would have to be factored in too. EDIT: After reading about a bit, it seems you may be right!
As to the thread topic: D&D and real-world science do not make good partners. And that was a cool article about a cool animal!
AnonymousOne
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... My tax dollars are being spent by Texas Tech to study a damn extinct bird...
*sigh*
*sigh*
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