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This 3 page paper examines the importance of scale, and illustrates why the skeletal structure of a mosquito would never survive if blown up to human proportions. In this way, this paper critiques the relation of structure functionality and scale. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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book about proportionality. For instance, this books explains why, if humans could jump as high as a grasshopper could proportionately, we wouldnt be able to leap 80 feet into
the air. According to these authors, the larger the size of the animal, the more complex its structure will be.
Furthermore, the more complex its structure, the more its morphology will be impacted. Consider the Blue Whale - the largest creature on Earth. Scientists contend that this animal
could not live on land, since it would collapse under its own weight. Another example provides insight into what McMahon and
Bonner describe in their research. We know that Shaq is an amazing basketball player. He stands about 7 feet tall. Therefore, would it be plausible to assert
that if he were 14 feet tall, that he would be twice as good of a basketball player? The answer is obviously "no". Shaq, like the Blue Whale,
would be crushed by his own body weight. The reason for this is because the surface area of his body would multiply four-fold, which in turn would make his
mass and his volume multiply by eight-times. In other words, at 14 feet tall Shaq would weigh about 2,400 pounds. He certainly wouldnt be able to play very
good basketball with those dimensions. The reality is that gravity has a much bigger impact on bigger things. And so, gravitational
forces are far greater on a 14-foot Shaq than on a 6-foot Shaq. The same holds true in the animal world. A mouse experiences far less gravitational pull
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