This one’s for JusticeforPorygon!

  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
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    4 months ago

    A lion sized ant would asphyxiate rather quickly. Breathing through spiracles/tracheae doesn’t scale well.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      And the lions would quickly get too cold by having way too much surface area.

      Scientific accuracy is no fun for shrinking and growing things.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      Yeah. I didn’t really balance it, I just mashed the recent lions vs ants/bees/blobfish(?) posts with the classic AMA question from Reddit.