One species ten times larger: which would it be and why?

[Rain Man]

Imagine that, due to some freak evolutionary mutation, one species of animal was ten times larger than it currently is. Which species would you want to see in jumbo form?

You can pick any species, and recognize that we have a lot of options. Maybe it's a blue whale so we could really experience size. Maybe it's a 6-story giraffe. Maybe it's a camel spider that renders the Middle East uninhabitable, or a suitcase-sized pigeon, or a cow that makes steaks at 50 cents per pound.

What species and why?

[ptlyon]

10x the size Carpenter or fire ants would be terrifying

[ChiefAshhole1056]

Bats. Fuck bats.

[ChiefAshhole1056]

Giant wasps would suck ass to have to deal with also.

[Rain Man]

10x the size Carpenter or fire ants would be terrifying

So I'll record a no on the ants. What would you pick?

I do think that giraffes would be pretty cool, but then again it would be really fun to ride a Great Dane around in the park.

Saltwater crocodiles wouldn't be so fun, but it would be neat to see one that's ten times bigger than normal.

[Discuss Thrower]

Tardigrade. Because fuck your thought experiment.

[Halfcan]

It would be impossible due to the molecular structure of the animal. It could not stand its own weight. But I would say a kitten.

[Donger]

Miniature horses.

[Bwana]

Well I sure as hell won't pick a Grizzly bear. I have some large caliber rifles, but I don't know if I have anything big enough to drop a five ton bear. I would like to see pheasants 10x bigger. It would be a bitch if one flew into the grill of the super duty, but that would make for some good eating!

[Jerm]

Barracudas...eh why not...

[Predarat]

It would be cool to make a giant Great White Shark so we could get close to a Megalodon. Bet the first thing that SOB would swallow is a Carnivale Cruise Ship.

[Discuss Thrower]

It would be impossible due to the molecular structure of the animal. It could not stand its own weight. But I would say a kitten.

It would be impossible due to your molecular structure.

[Saccopoo]

Weasels.

They unholy terror that a 150 pound weasel would unleash would be fucking epic.

[Rain Man]

It would be kind of interesting to have moose in North America that were bigger than elephants.

[Graystoke]

I like Bacon, So Pigs

[GloucesterChief]

Shrimp because they are good eating.

Clams and Mussels are also good possibilities.

[FlaChief58]

Cows, I like beef

[Saccopoo]

I like Bacon, So Pigs

Q...

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[Rain Man]

Weasels.

They unholy terror that a 150 pound weasel would unleash would be ****ing epic.

I'm not sure weasels are that big to start with. Wouldn't they end up being the size of a cat? A very fast and aggressive cat?

How about a 400 pound wolverine? You wouldn't want to run into one of those in the wild either, but then again they'd probably finish you off pretty quick.

[seclark]

porcupine
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[Sofa King]

a large mouth bass so i can stop lying about how big it was, or a bald eagle, death from above.

[Rain Man]

We haven't discussed any birds. While rare, I could think of nothing more majestic than a California condor with a 100-foot wingspan.

[Rain Man]

a large mouth bass so i can stop lying about how big it was, or a bald eagle, death from above.

I wonder if a giant bald eagle could carry a human away.

[seclark]

We haven't discussed any birds. While rare, I could think of nothing more majestic than a California condor with a 100-foot wingspan.

ah, a giant hummingbird would be pretty cool.
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[ptlyon]

We haven't discussed any birds. While rare, I could think of nothing more majestic than a California condor with a 100-foot wingspan.

Yeah, well, how about a woodpecker hammering on your house

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I like Bacon, So Pigs

Fuck YOU !!!!

[ThaVirus]

It would be cool to make a giant Great White Shark so we could get close to a Megalodon. Bet the first thing that SOB would swallow is a Carnivale Cruise Ship.


Current great white sharks at 10x their size would dwarf even a megalodon.

For ecological purposes alone I can't think of any animal that could experience this size increase and not seriously fuck up the delicate balance.

In terms of pure coolness I'd have to agree that an eagle or gorilla of some sort would be best. Quetzalcoatl or King Kong. A 300 foot anaconda would also be cool to see.

[Dartgod]

First in with ermine.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

The African Lion.

Now that would be one badass mammal !



Or the anaconda.

[Rain Man]

Yeah, well, how about a woodpecker hammering on your house

It would be like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.


I wonder if a giant parrot would sound like James Earl Jones.

[Rain Man]

First in with ermine.

I bet every NFL and college team would be called the Ermines in that case.

[displacedinMN]

Cows, I like beef

MORE STEAK and Prime Rib.

[Graystoke]

**** YOU !!!!

Two hands to jack

[ptlyon]

Sorry but I can think of only one thing that wouldn't be detrimental, even if it wouldn't disrupt the delicate balance, as pointed out.

My answer is: Whatever schlonged Hillary back in 2008

[Saccopoo]

I'm not sure weasels are that big to start with. Wouldn't they end up being the size of a cat? A very fast and aggressive cat?

How about a 400 pound wolverine? You wouldn't want to run into one of those in the wild either, but then again they'd probably finish you off pretty quick.

You know, come to think about it, wolverines are just giant weasels anyway...

And here I was thinking about ridding the inner cities of their 50 lb. rat problems...

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[DJ's left nut]

Blue Crabs.

Lobster meat, in comparison to crab meat, sucks balls. The only reason we like lobster more is because that huge hunk of meat that comes from the tail.

If blue crabs were ten times bigger, each lump of blue crab meat would be about the size of a steak. At that point I'd see no need for any other food item.

Presuming that the increase in size wouldn't also decrease the population (food scarcity?) and that it would serve to drive the prices of jumbo lump crab down to mere sirloin prices, that's definitely my pick.

[Saccopoo]

I wonder if a giant bald eagle could carry a human away.

Again...Q...

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[Donger]

Again...Q...

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That's a Golden Eagle, isn't it?

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Yeah , hell yeah , catching a 50-150 pound largemouth bass would be awesome.

[Fish]

June bugs. That would be so hilarious..

[seclark]

Blue Crabs.

Lobster meat, in comparison to crab meat, sucks balls. The only reason we like lobster more is because that huge hunk of meat that comes from the tail.

If blue crabs were ten times bigger, each lump of blue crab meat would be about the size of a steak. At that point I'd see no need for any other food item.

Presuming that the increase in size wouldn't also decrease the population (food scarcity?) and that it would serve to drive the prices of jumbo lump crab down to mere sirloin prices, that's definitely my pick.

i bet those bastards would be hell to crack though.
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[Quesadilla Joe]

I wonder if a giant bald eagle could carry a human away.

No one would be safe from an eagle that big.

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[C3HIEF3S]

I would love to have a 600 lb Golden Retriever.

[Saccopoo]

Yeah , hell yeah , catching a 50-150 pound largemouth bass would be awesome.

Try a 600 lb. one:

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[Rain Man]

Blue Crabs.

Lobster meat, in comparison to crab meat, sucks balls. The only reason we like lobster more is because that huge hunk of meat that comes from the tail.

If blue crabs were ten times bigger, each lump of blue crab meat would be about the size of a steak. At that point I'd see no need for any other food item.

Presuming that the increase in size wouldn't also decrease the population (food scarcity?) and that it would serve to drive the prices of jumbo lump crab down to mere sirloin prices, that's definitely my pick.

Giant crabs would be good eating, but it seems like it would lead to deserted beaches.

[ptlyon]

"That's a big amoeba, Tiny Elvis"

[DJ's left nut]

i bet those bastards would be hell to crack though.
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Not my problem.

I'm sure cattle are tough to skin, but the butcher is kind enough to do the work for me.

When we're looking at 20 lb blue crab, the butchers will be shelling and cutting off hunks of sweet, sweet crab meat for you and I to just go buy off that chewey ice they shovel into the seafood counter.

[DJ's left nut]

Giant crabs would be good eating, but it seems like it would lead to deserted beaches.

Nah - they would stay far enough offshore, I would expect.

Think of it - millions of tasty blue crabs this size:

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Utopia...

[ModSocks]

Deathstalker Scorpions. And then equip them with bad ass lasers and shit and train them to seek and destroy terrorists.

[Saccopoo]

Deathstalker Scorpions. And then equip them with bad ass lasers and shit and train them to seek and destroy terrorists.

You fucking guys keep saying shit that's already been done...

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[Rain Man]

What about a giant giant squid? It would really be big.

A blue whale would be as long as an aircraft carrier. You might even be able to train them to be aircraft carriers.

[ModSocks]

You ****ing guys keep saying shit that's already been done...

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I have that mount. Including the one with a laser tale and buzz saw hands.

BTW, i've spent the last 30 minutes watching insect fight videos because of this thread.

[ptlyon]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137356-12D6F859000005DC-430_964x859.jpg


She really should go see a doctor about that

[threebag]

Giant crabs would be good eating, but it seems like it would lead to deserted beaches.

you could spot them before she pulled her pants down

[cmh6476]

maggots

[LOCOChief]

We had a Jack Russell that pound for pound was the baddast dog around. If ol Pete had been 10 x's bigger (close to 200 lbs) he'd kill a lion and the vet actually said that. That dog terrorized my buddies male and female Cane Corso's.

[TLO]

Dolphins who have also mutated to walk/live on land. Because rape.

[DC.chief]

Pit bulls

[RunKC]

Glass frog.

They are already fascinating bc you can see their internal organs working in their body. Seeing them 10x bigger would be really cool.

[ptlyon]

maggots

Midgets

[GloucesterChief]

A salmon the size of a tuna would be good eating.

[DJ's left nut]

A salmon the size of a tuna would be good eating.

Why bother?

Tuna the size of Tuna is pretty damn good eatin'.

[tooge]

bluegill. Pound for pound one of the hardest fighting fish around. I can't imagine how fun catching 5lb bluegills would be. Good eating too.

[GloucesterChief]

Why bother?

Tuna the size of Tuna is pretty damn good eatin'.

Fresh tuna is good but it is not Salmon. Particularly Pacific salmon. I want a 50 pound sockeye or chinook.

[tooge]

It would be impossible due to the molecular structure of the animal. It could not stand its own weight. But I would say a kitten.

this is false. The "molecular structure" of the animal wouldn't have any more bearing on the ability of the animal to stand it's own weight than it does at it's current weight. That pretty much goes for any animal. If the size is increased by 10x, then the size of the bones, muscles, and organs would as well, and in that case, it would have no problem standing with it's own weight. The only problems they might have would be being able to bring in enough nutrients to maintain health since the dietary intake would have to increase by 10x.

[GloucesterChief]

this is false. The "molecular structure" of the animal wouldn't have any more bearing on the ability of the animal to stand it's own weight than it does at it's current weight. That pretty much goes for any animal. If the size is increased by 10x, then the size of the bones, muscles, and organs would as well, and in that case, it would have no problem standing with it's own weight. The only problems they might have would be being able to bring in enough nutrients to maintain health since the dietary intake would have to increase by 10x.

Square-cube law does come into effect for non-aquatic species though.

[seclark]

mosquito...get bit by one of those bitches, you'd shrivel up like a raisin.
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[The Franchise]

Squirrels.

[DJ's left nut]

Fresh tuna is good but it is not Salmon. Particularly Pacific salmon. I want a 50 pound sockeye or chinook.

Fair 'nuff. I like Salmon but it's a little buttery for my tastes; it's good the size it is.

But man, if you could make the Toro section of a big ol' blue-fin 10 times larger, maybe those !@#$ing things wouldn't go for over a cool million. Yes, you read that right, bluefin tuna have sold for over $3,000/lb.

Then again, with bluefin stocks pretty much plummeting, I guess I should get used to not getting to eat it any more.

[tooge]

Square-cube law does come into effect for non-aquatic species though.

didn't seem to bother the dinosaurs

[eDave]

Imagine a Blue Whale 10x bigger.

[seclark]

chigger...holy shit.
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[DJ's left nut]

Imagine a Blue Whale 10x bigger.

Rainman already did. He's right - it's a Nimitz class carrier...but denser.

But I'm not sure how this impacts my dinner options. I'm past being awed by the world, I mostly just want to get to eat tastier things for cheaper.

[tooge]

chigger...holy shit.
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But at least you'd be able to see those sneaky bastards

[Amnorix]

Something deadly that lives in Australia and couldn't possibly survive in Massachusetts. The list is long, the Animal Planet watching good, and my scrawny ass safe from death (I like not being on the dinner menu for anything local). All good.

[srvy]

I would love to have a 600 lb Golden Retriever.
No you wouldn't! Think of the poop.

[DJ's left nut]

I will admit that I'm intrigued by being bumped down the food chain for at least some period of time.

So yeah, here's nightmare fuel: The largest North American 'hunting' spider is the Carolina Wolf Spider. It doesn't use a web to trap its food as much as it uses the web to sleep...then it chases its prey down. It can get to be about 5 inches long and get up to speeds of about 2 feet per second (so can cover its own body length 5 times in a second).

So take a 50 inch hunting spider that can travel at 250 ft/second (this is 170 mph, BTW) and unleash it on the population.

Obviously we wouldn't have pets for much longer. Or cows. Or really any living creatures that couldn't fire large weapons.

North America would essentially turn into that planet on Starship Troopers. We'd have to have automated machine guns on cars. We'd go to work in large groups ("well shit, guys - the spiders got Bob from accounting this morning....I guess I'll authorize overtime")

I vote Carolina Wolf Spiders.

[wazu]

chigger...holy shit.
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Best answer.

[ModSocks]

I will admit that I'm intrigued by being bumped down the food chain for at least some period of time.

So yeah, here's nightmare fuel: The largest North American 'hunting' spider is the Carolina Wolf Spider. It doesn't use a web to trap its food as much as it uses the web to sleep...then it chases its prey down. It can get to be about 5 inches long and get up to speeds of about 2 feet per second (so can cover its own body length 5 times in a second).

So take a 50 inch hunting spider that can travel at 250 ft/second (this is 170 mph, BTW) and unleash it on the population.

Obviously we wouldn't have pets for much longer. Or cows. Or really any living creatures that couldn't fire large weapons.

North America would essentially turn into that planet on Starship Troopers. We'd have to have automated machine guns on cars. We'd go to work in large groups ("well shit, guys - the spiders got Bob from accounting this morning....I guess I'll authorize overtime")

I vote Carolina Wolf Spiders.

And then we weaponize them and train them to do our bidding! Then they can evolve like Pokemon!

[srvy]

Midgets
This would be interesting. To go from little people to giants.

[The Franchise]

I will admit that I'm intrigued by being bumped down the food chain for at least some period of time.

So yeah, here's nightmare fuel: The largest North American 'hunting' spider is the Carolina Wolf Spider. It doesn't use a web to trap its food as much as it uses the web to sleep...then it chases its prey down. It can get to be about 5 inches long and get up to speeds of about 2 feet per second (so can cover its own body length 5 times in a second).

So take a 50 inch hunting spider that can travel at 250 ft/second (this is 170 mph, BTW) and unleash it on the population.

Obviously we wouldn't have pets for much longer. Or cows. Or really any living creatures that couldn't fire large weapons.

North America would essentially turn into that planet on Starship Troopers. We'd have to have automated machine guns on cars. We'd go to work in large groups ("well shit, guys - the spiders got Bob from accounting this morning....I guess I'll authorize overtime")

I vote Carolina Wolf Spiders.

I would die from fear alone.

[O.city]

Eagles.

I'd like to ride one like that kid on the Neverending story.

[TLO]

No you wouldn't! Think of the poop.

Right on the toilet seat!

[Ming the Merciless]

genital crabs

[O.city]

I would die from fear alone.

See, I've thought about shit like this. If something like that or the Walking dead happened, I might be so afraid of that shit I'd just shoot myself.

[ModSocks]

Eagles.

I'd like to ride one like that kid on the Neverending story.

It's all fun and games until it plucks your balls off and then feeds you to its babies.....

[O.city]

It's all fun and games until it plucks your balls off and then feeds you to its babies.....

True.

Thats the problem here. Anything that big is gonna be all natural selection and just dominate us.

[Shag]

Blue Crabs.

Lobster meat, in comparison to crab meat, sucks balls. The only reason we like lobster more is because that huge hunk of meat that comes from the tail.

If blue crabs were ten times bigger, each lump of blue crab meat would be about the size of a steak. At that point I'd see no need for any other food item.

Presuming that the increase in size wouldn't also decrease the population (food scarcity?) and that it would serve to drive the prices of jumbo lump crab down to mere sirloin prices, that's definitely my pick.

I like where you're going with this, but I'd go with snow or dungeness crab. And only sheeple swayed by society actually prefer lobster to crab - I'll take crab over lobster every time.

[DJ's left nut]

True.

Thats the problem here. Anything that big is gonna be all natural selection and just dominate us.

We still have guns and more developed brains.

The homeless population will be reduced to nothing in months and most overpopulated regions would be quickly overrun as well.

This might be a good thing. As human's we've gotten fat and happy; we've largely outstripped natural selection. Our stupid and physically deficient still get to survive and breed, thus passing on idiot offspring.

If there were 4 foot spiders that ran as quickly as Ferraris (but are otherwise just spiders), the strong, smart and well provisioned would live and carry on. In a generation or so, I suspect we'd have our killer spider problem fairly well under control with a nice, new streamlined population full of smart and healthy individuals who may or may not have witnessed enough death to have become completely removed from the human condition. So we might all be psychopaths but dammit we'd be smart, physically fit ones.

[O.city]

We still have guns and more developed brains.

The homeless population will be reduced to nothing in months and most overpopulated regions would be quickly overrun as well.

This might be a good thing. As human's we've gotten fat and happy; we've largely outstripped natural selection. Our stupid and physically deficient still get to survive and breed, thus passing on idiot offspring.

If there were 4 foot spiders that ran as quickly as Ferraris (but are otherwise just spiders), the strong, smart and well provisioned would live and carry on. In a generation or so, I suspect we'd have our killer spider problem fairly well under control with a nice, new streamlined population full of smart and healthy individuals who may or may not have witnessed enough death to have become completely removed from the human condition. So we might all be psychopaths but dammit we'd be smart, physically fit ones.

Hah, I had this same discussion in a Bioethics/biostats class in college. Wrote a paper on it.

It absolutely would be a good thing.

[O.city]

We would need something thats NEARLY as intelligent as we are. Like, pretty much equal.

Planet of the Apes type stuff.

[B2chiefsfan]

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I watch these monsters fight in my back yard every October...

[GloucesterChief]

We would need something thats NEARLY as intelligent as we are. Like, pretty much equal.

Planet of the Apes type stuff.

I don't think you want chimps the size of elephants. Chimps are nasty violent pieces of work.

[Buehler445]

Cows, I like beef

This. I'm all about cow. Just so long as the big cow didn't lose any gain efficiency. It would certainly help the basis around here if I could feed 5x as much corn.

[Rasputin]

How fast would a cheetah be 10x it's size? That would be incredible speed I think.

[Saccopoo]

Humans.

We need 7.5 billion people on this planet that already have no natural predators to be 1500 lbs. and 60 feet tall.

Corporate food America would love it!

[MotherfuckerJones]

Anacondas. Fuck snakes but could you imagine an anaconda 10X its size?

[FlintHillsChiefs]

Imagine a 100-120ft tall when standing upright, 12,000 - 15,000 pound Kodiak bear.

[DMAC]

Trees

[The Franchise]

Trees

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[Indian Chief]

I watch these monsters fight in my back yard every October...

Okay, terrific. Not moving to New Mexico.

[Shag]

Humans.

We need 7.5 billion people on this planet that already have no natural predators to be 1500 lbs. and 60 feet tall.

Corporate food America would love it!

lol, everything in the world would grind to a halt, as every bit of our infrastructure and industry is based around existing human size.

[Rain Man]

Trees


Ooh, I didn't even think about plant species. That's a good one.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

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[Zebedee DuBois]

Cassowary. It would similar to having velociraptor.

Think how we might improve as a species, if we had some type of predator to pick off the slow, the weak, the dim, and the talk radio listeners.

[mdchiefsfan]

Honey Badger would really not give a shit if he were ten times larger.

[ModSocks]

Ooh, I didn't even think about plant species. That's a good one.

Ok, fine. VENUS FLY TRAPS!

Sucker! I win.

[DJ's left nut]

Trees

This would presumably greatly increase the available supply of hardwoods and thus make it possible for me to get some good Walnut lumber without having to take out a second mortgage.

This isn't enough to change my mind (I'd rather have plentiful blue crab steaks) but it's definitely worth considering.

[Rain Man]

Ok, fine. VENUS FLY TRAPS!

Sucker! I win.

I'm envisioning 200-lb. watermelons. I could buy one and make it last all summer.

[DJ's left nut]

I'm envisioning 200-lb. watermelons. I could buy one and make it last all summer.

I don't believe you've gotten around spoliation by making it larger.

[Rain Man]

I don't believe you've gotten around spoliation by making it larger.

I eat a lot of watermelon. But yeah, maybe a 5-lb. cherry would be easier.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

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[MagicHef]

I will admit that I'm intrigued by being bumped down the food chain for at least some period of time.

So yeah, here's nightmare fuel: The largest North American 'hunting' spider is the Carolina Wolf Spider. It doesn't use a web to trap its food as much as it uses the web to sleep...then it chases its prey down. It can get to be about 5 inches long and get up to speeds of about 2 feet per second (so can cover its own body length 5 times in a second).

So take a 50 inch hunting spider that can travel at 250 ft/second (this is 170 mph, BTW) and unleash it on the population.

Obviously we wouldn't have pets for much longer. Or cows. Or really any living creatures that couldn't fire large weapons.

North America would essentially turn into that planet on Starship Troopers. We'd have to have automated machine guns on cars. We'd go to work in large groups ("well shit, guys - the spiders got Bob from accounting this morning....I guess I'll authorize overtime")

I vote Carolina Wolf Spiders.

Sorry in advance about being super pedantic, but if a 5 inch long spider was now 50 inches long, its volume would increase by a factor of 1000, not 10.

For it to be 10 times the size, it's length would only increase by 2.15x (cube root of 10), so we'd have 10.75" spiders terrorizing everyone.

[Mr. Laz]

10x the size Carpenter or fire ants would be terrifying

we would almost be bumped off the top of the food chain if that happened.


yeesh :eek:

[Rain Man]

Sorry in advance about being super pedantic, but if a 5 inch long spider was now 50 inches long, its volume would increase by a factor of 1000, not 10.

For it to be 10 times the size, it's length would only increase by 2.15x (cube root of 10), so we'd have 10.75" spiders terrorizing everyone.

That would still be pretty terrifying. They'd probably have to hunt people in packs.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Ok, fine. VENUS FLY TRAPS!

Sucker! I win.




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[MagicHef]

That would still be pretty terrifying. They'd probably have to hunt people in packs.

I saw a spider that was probably around 6" in Australia.

Actually, I should say that I still see it. Every time I close my eyes.

[ModSocks]

Sorry in advance about being super pedantic, but if a 5 inch long spider was now 50 inches long, its volume would increase by a factor of 1000, not 10.

For it to be 10 times the size, it's length would only increase by 2.15x (cube root of 10), so we'd have 10.75" spiders terrorizing everyone.

LAME-O Alert. Look everyone, we've got a LAAAAME-O here.

[DJ's left nut]

Sorry in advance about being super pedantic, but if a 5 inch long spider was now 50 inches long, its volume would increase by a factor of 1000, not 10.

For it to be 10 times the size, it's length would only increase by 2.15x (cube root of 10), so we'd have 10.75" spiders terrorizing everyone.

Not body length. Just leg length and those are spindly little things. Body length would only go to about 8 inches (with big !@#$ing legs sticking out of both sides).

[MagicHef]

Not body length. Just leg length and those are spindly little things. Body length would only go to about 8 inches (with big !@#$ing legs sticking out of both sides).

Doesn't matter. The spider is a 3 dimensional object*, so it will increase by a factor of 2.15 in each dimension to become 10 times the size.





*Ignoring the high likelihood that spiders are evil beings that inhabit many more dimensions than we do.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Doesn't matter. The spider is a 3 dimensional object*, so it will increase by a factor of 2.15 in each dimension to become 10 times the size.





*Ignoring the high likelihood that spiders are evil beings that inhabit many more dimensions than we do.

Geez, it's a hypothetical question in the first place.

[MagicHef]

Geez, it's a hypothetical question in the first place.

LMAO

[TinyEvel]

Shrimp. Ohwait. Because lobsters.

[jjchieffan]

Crabs and shrimp. I love seafood. Could you imagine eating crab legs as big around as your leg? Yum!

[mr. tegu]

I wonder if a giant bald eagle could carry a human away.
According to my research bald eagles weigh 8 to 12 pounds and can carry 3 to 4 pounds. Using the maximums a 120 pound bald eagle could lift around 40 pounds.

[stevieray]

Horse

[mr. tegu]

Vsauce talked about this and it answers questions about square cube law. I can't embed since I am on my phone. Someone feel free to embed it.

https://youtu.be/Do1lm9IevYE

[baitism]

Prairie dogs. Dropping dynamite into their dens would be much easier.

If you increased worms a lot, you could end up with the movie Tremors, or even larger, Dune.

[Shekelsteinberg]

Imagine that, due to some freak evolutionary mutation, one species of animal was ten times larger than it currently is. Which species would you want to see in jumbo form?

You can pick any species, and recognize that we have a lot of options. Maybe it's a blue whale so we could really experience size. Maybe it's a 6-story giraffe. Maybe it's a camel spider that renders the Middle East uninhabitable, or a suitcase-sized pigeon, or a cow that makes steaks at 50 cents per pound.

What species and why?

Your mom, because I want to see what's on the other side of the event horizon of a black hole.

[BWillie]

Imagine that, due to some freak evolutionary mutation, one species of animal was ten times larger than it currently is. Which species would you want to see in jumbo form?

You can pick any species, and recognize that we have a lot of options. Maybe it's a blue whale so we could really experience size. Maybe it's a 6-story giraffe. Maybe it's a camel spider that renders the Middle East uninhabitable, or a suitcase-sized pigeon, or a cow that makes steaks at 50 cents per pound.

What species and why?

Everything that is fast & has sharp teeth

[Toby Waller]

Ladybugs

[Sorter]

A platypus, obviously.

[Gonzo]

Elk. Just so I could hunt a 10,000 lb bull with a 30 point rack.

Or lobster. Just because I really like lobster.

[ILChief]

Cow. Think of the steaks

[Jerm]

King Cobra would be interesting too......and nightmare fuel beyond belief.

[vailpass]

Panda Bears

[beach tribe]

Chickens!!

Because, delicious.

[beach tribe]

Cow. Think of the steaks

Beat me to the idea.

[Rain Man]

Panda Bears

Polar bears would be kind of cool. You could wander out into the arctic to see a Toyota-sized predator. It would be science-fiction cool.

[FishingRod]

Well obviously the Men of Chiefs Planet.

That way our peckers can finally be the size in real life as we always claim them to be.

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Condors.

They would have a wingspan of 80 feet wide.

[Easy 6]

It would be cool to make a giant Great White Shark so we could get close to a Megalodon. Bet the first thing that SOB would swallow is a Carnivale Cruise Ship.

This.

I want to see a megalodon.

[Rain Man]

I wouldn't really want a 10x housefly. That would make quite a mess with the flyswatter, and it would be really gross when it landed on your food.

[Lonewolf Ed]

Polar bears would be kind of cool. You could wander out into the arctic to see a Toyota-sized predator. It would be science-fiction cool.

Polar bears already are the size of a Toyota and many are even larger.

[Lonewolf Ed]

I was going to say women, but all you have to do to drastically increase their size is marry them.

[Easy 6]

I was going to say women, but all you have to do to drastically increase their size is marry them.

HAAAAAAAA ROFL

"you must spread some reputation around before giving it to Lonewolf Ed again".

[ClevelandBronco]

Antarctic minke whales because fuck the Japanese.