The interesting thing about giant insects is that if they were constructed the same way as tiny insects they wouldn't be able to stand under their own weight
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:02,
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Or breathe, apparently.I think this is a volume-to-surface-area thing, since they do it passively through holes instead of pumping.
Could possibly have a really giant flat insect, like a rectangular beetle a mile wide.
In fact it wouldn't even have to be rectangular, I don't know why I said that. Just trying to keep things simple.
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Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:18,
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Could possibly have a really giant flat insect, like a rectangular beetle a mile wide.
In fact it wouldn't even have to be rectangular, I don't know why I said that. Just trying to keep things simple.
I'm sure if it became a necessity in the food chain then nature would find a wayKind of like how Giant wetas (that red thing is a tomato) have evolved to fill a missing rodent/rabbit gap in the NZ food chain.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:24,
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Wagh.I see youtube has a weta Vs. camel spider battle. Weta wins, I think.
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Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:33,
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Yeah I don't really see how the camel spider could come back from that
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:39,
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