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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3395431" data-attributes="member: 22779">See, while I'm not biologist, I know that this:<img src="http://www.stevequayle.com/GG.Images/9.Skeletons.pers.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />doesn't work.&nbsp; You can't simply scale up like that.&nbsp; Human bones would snap like twigs under that pressure.Really, if we want to be realistic about this, most of the giants just don't work.&nbsp; Bipeds without tails over about 12 or 14 feet just don't work.&nbsp; The spine can't take the strain and nor can the legs.&nbsp; Even a cave bear isn't a biped, even if it can stand on its hind legs.&nbsp; Sure, it could shuffle a few feet forward, but, after that it's back on all fours.IMHO, a giant would likely be more like a great ape - sort of bipedal.&nbsp; It moves using its arms and legs for support.&nbsp; I dunno if you could scale up a body that large that it would be able to rise up on its hind legs, but, it seems like you might.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3395431, member: 22779"] See, while I'm not biologist, I know that this: [img]http://www.stevequayle.com/GG.Images/9.Skeletons.pers.jpg[/img] doesn't work. You can't simply scale up like that. Human bones would snap like twigs under that pressure. Really, if we want to be realistic about this, most of the giants just don't work. Bipeds without tails over about 12 or 14 feet just don't work. The spine can't take the strain and nor can the legs. Even a cave bear isn't a biped, even if it can stand on its hind legs. Sure, it could shuffle a few feet forward, but, after that it's back on all fours. IMHO, a giant would likely be more like a great ape - sort of bipedal. It moves using its arms and legs for support. I dunno if you could scale up a body that large that it would be able to rise up on its hind legs, but, it seems like you might. [/QUOTE]

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