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How Big Can We Get?
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Some animals, like the blue whale, keep getting bigger and bigger over time! How big are humans able to grow?
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Of course size matters. No one wants a small pizza
i'm eating a large pizza right now.
pizza it's pizza big or small it's still pizza
I like many small pizzas
***** now i want pizza =(
*****
I can't finish a big pizza by myself lol.
Everyone should use the metric system it's just better...
and we dont want to start with temperatures either right xD
i have no idea why Liberia and Burma (Myanmar) use the imperial system. but the USA should convert, i forget which President wanted to start the conversion in the 50's i think but basically pussied out. I a lot of industries and construction use metric and the military uses metric a lot also.
Only a handful of countries use it. It's more formal and scientific if he uses imperial.
Doge Dinkleberg ...no
KnightRaymund Yes, crawl out out 'murica and learn the proper system.
I like my height at 6'3". It's nice to be able to see over people in large crowds such as concerts.
hi i am 6 ft i feel short i wish i was 6 ft 3 or 194cm or 195cm
Nate M. I’m 178cm at 18. Hopefully I can hit 180.
INAUD 43 Nope, still growing by a couple cm in the last 6 months, another couple and I’ll hit 180.
don't you find it ironic that a science channel uses a non-scientific system for measurements?
I'm 5'8...
IDEAL HEIGHT:6'2
Same
+Sammy Derrick gl with that
LuckyzKHaRmS
pardon.
I'm 16 and I'm 5'7
*****
When I was 16 I was 5'8.
My legs are proportionately short compared to my torso and I'm quite hairy...
I must be part hobbit or something.
I know how you feel.
I'm 5'9 at 20 and I wish I could grow just a bit taller to about 5'11 or 6'. Looks like I need to start looking into becoming an astronaut.
I'm a guy whos 5'4" at 17 I feel short. I want my height to be anywheres from 5'10"-6'0"
I'm 14 and 5'5" and I feel short cause a guy in my class is like 6'2"
I'm 5'8 at age 23 in the Netherlands where the average male height is about 6'1. Can't do anything about it, would be nice to be a tad taller though. Anyone with me on that astronaut program?
Im dutch and 6,3 and im only 17 but its maybe because dutch people are the tallest people in the world on average
***** I'm 5'3" and 20. Just learn to love yourself. You only have one body.
6inch i think.
I am 6"2' and I would love to be 5"8'. I've always hated trying to dance with a guy who is shorter then me
Wanna trade spines?
if only i could :)
Lets trade heights :3
Sucks being a 5'8" manlet. Had a crush on a girl but realised she was around 5'11"... x_x
sure we could swap lol I'm 5'8 , well actually almost 5'8.5 but yea
I'm still a kid and I'm already 5.7 im taller than BOTH of my parents
I'm surprised you talked so much about what might be limiting humans from growing larger and listed mundane stuff like blood pressure, bone and muscle. It seems like you're saying we CAN'T evolve to be larger, when plenty of animals have accomplished just that feat numerous times in the past. The only thing I can think of that might put some sort of upper limit on humans would be the fairly unique structure of our bodies. The "absolute" vertical design of our bodies might make it so, somehow, our spines simply cannot support that structure if it got too large. I'm not even sure about that though, I believe the fossil record has some pretty big animals with vertical spines like ours (I could be wrong on that).
As far as the insects go with the exoskeletons, I'm surprised you said that. Prehistoric times had some massive insect specimens. My understanding is insect size is limited by their respiratory system. Their size is limited by the oxygen content in their environment and the atmosphere of the past had much higher oxygen levels at times.
As a general rule, I am very skeptical when someone says something CAN'T evolve, period. If you look at the incredible complexity of life now and in the past and, after seeing what has been done, are comfortable saying what can and can't evolve, then I'll take what you say with a large grain of salt.
Exactly what came to my mind!
If we evolve to accommodate a larger size then we would no longer be human, so the question is still satisfied by the answer. He didn't say anything about evolving into a new species. Structurely we would have to be on all fours and be shaped more like spheres instead of like vertical rectangles now. It's called the square-cubed law from mathematics
xavierxrc define "human" as, each person born will generally define themselves as human, and because evolution happens over many,many generations (ie. you don't get an aligator from a duck's egg), then the next generation is close enough to the last one to say "yeah, they're the same" and because the last generation defined themselves as humans, the new one are humans. And so on so forth.
The "lines" between species is very much debated, and they are blurry.
There is currently very little to no evolutionary pressure doing anything, much less to increase their size. Technology compensates for biological deficiencies.
xavierxrc
So what you're saying is human's can't grow any larger, but if they do evolve to be larger, then they won't be human anymore. Sounds like you've defined yourself into an unbeatable position, not a lot of fun though.
I'm suppose to be (and was) 6'-6" tall @ 215 lbs until I broke my legs 3 times (both at once, one a second time) now I'm 6'5" one one leg, 6'-4" on the other with a torso of a dude that still 6'6"! 😕
how’d you break your legs 3 times
Around 6 inch.
People say I'm tall, but I don't feel that tall. I'm 6'1" or something. A friend is like 6'7" and he is a giant.
I'm 5"11 I wish I was 6 ft 1 D:
Tyrone Doan Tyrone I'm 6ft 0 :(
I'm 6'2" (188cm). I am your ruler because I am the tallest!
My dad is 5'7 I'm 19 years old 5'9. still waiting for the day I turn 6 feet like you guys.
Im 6'0 but I feel tall, I guess it depends were you live.
>8ft 11inches represented as 2.72 meters
>200 kg represented as 440 lbs
keep your units consistent people
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I noticed that too.
My ideal height would be anything between 5'10.5" and 6'3.5"
Disorders like gigantism caused by tumors isn't a reliable way to determine the upper limit of human height. Their bodies are growing unevenly, with bones taking up the majority of the growth. If they were born as if they were evolved to be at a great height rather than through a disorder, their bodies would be fully adapted to that height and they wouldn't suffer the sort of problems that those with gigantism have. I'd say the upper limit of humans, before their bodies start to look non-human, would be around 12 feet, possibly 20 feet under the right conditions.
20 feet?! On land? Since that's 5 times my height.
Kuraiko Fumei
Probably not 20 feet but 12 feet is reasonable. After that, the body would have to change shape to support all that weight and it wouldn't look human anymore.
Kuraiko Fumei Sure why not? TRex was taller than that and was bipedal.
Robert Schuster Needed way more food to stay alive though.
Kuraiko Fumei That goes without saying.
I'd like to be just about an inch or 2 taller. 6'2 would be very nice
im 6'5
ideal height 6'1
Not really dude i was 6 ft 1 couple months ago now i am 6 ft 2 and it feels way much better taller is better but when somone who is 6 ft 3 or 6 ft 4 comes in the room even with my 6 ft 2 height i am still short but 6 ft 1 is very short
@@kawazaki23 no metter how tall you ar someone gonna be taller than you
@@user-ez4cp2vh5s Dude i made measuring error i was actually 186-187cm
@@kawazaki23 yeah but even if you ar 199 cm someone is gonna be taller than you
6'1/6'2
Ideal height: 6'5
5'8, I'm good with my hight.
Size doesn't matter...heh heh
lmao I knew someone would comment this
***** Nice try at an insult, didn't offend me at all.
size dose matter, trust me.
***** 4 inches, whaatttt!!, thats sucks bro.
***** oohhh, what length?
5'9 estimated to grow to 6'3, ideal height is also 6'3
+Bostonzo B good luck with that buddy
actually insects can get a lot bigger than they are now before they hit the exoskeleton limit, what limits them now is the oxygen concentration in the air.
I'm curious, then. How did some dinosaurs got to be much larger than any animal nowadays? How was their structure different? (I know this might still be theoretical)
you might find your answer if you take a look at an elephant
madokaonline That was my first thought as well... It's just that the discrepancy between the size of an elephant and a Argentinosaurus huinculensis, for instance, might signify a very different structure. And that might be quite interesting to talk about. =]
madokaonline Elephants are the exception to the rule today. During the time of the dinosaurs it seemed that huge animals were commonplace.
i can't remember is it was some (as in the big ones) or most dinosaurs had hollow bones. which allowed them to be bigger because a tube is stronger then a rod.
You can also look in a museum or google how the bones sit on a dinosaur. You can probably figure it out by observing? I was just throwing out ideas for you to find your answer. I have no idea at all how they grew so big. Maybe gravity wasn't the same back then?
I'm 5'7....
Ideal Height: 5'11...
What does ideal height mean
+ape wsms gamer The normal size of a penis.
mike shaft no it doesn't
ape wsms gamer Yes, it does.
+Mrchicken 123 Mike is right
I think the statement you made about insects was false, insects were larger in the past.
The limiting factor for insects (in the current time and place) isn't gravity, it's oxygen.
The reason that they were larger was because there was more oxygen in the air (due to pressure or higher concentration, idk). Insects take in their oxygen through their exoskeletons, and as insects get larger, they would need more oxygen to support themselves. But, their surface area would increase by the square, while oxygen needed would increase by the cube. Therefore, more oxygen means bigger insects
Earth used to be smaller, less gravity, so things grew bigger. Earth expanded with volcanic activity, so now things are smaller, larger mass of the earth means more gravity.
Rick The Explorer Says the pothead who believes Atlantis was real and thinks that there were footprints found next to dinosaur footprints.
Rick The Explorer
I believe Jurian Groen is correct here, I believe you are not.
Rick The Explorer troll!
that's because insects are limited by how much oxygen they can take up but we humans have a more efficient way ro take up oxygen so we are limited by gravity
I think you're mistaken about an insect's size being limited due to their exoskeleton not being strong enough. Weren't prehistoric insects huge? Gravity didn't change, did it? Oxygen did.
Hi John - great to hear from you again. Your project is a cool idea - I hope you get the support you need. All the best - OVERKLL
What trace says about your size affecting the way you perceive the world is truer than I thought. I'm from the UK and I'm fairly tall with a large frame and never thought much about it until I took my first trip to America where everything is bigger. I suddenly didn't feel the same size. I felt small and vulnerable. I had no idea that my size gave me any confidence until I didn't have it any more. Must suck to be wee all the time.
It does suck, imagine if you were under 6 ft. tall, as a man in America. No women, no job, no education, they would kick you out of all of it.
Well, coming from a tiny person, it doesn't suck to be short. You learn to be confident regardless of height because otherwise you're screwed, especially with everyone looking down on you (literally) and if you're not, the napoleon complex kicks in anyway, haha.
Carlaism Being short for a female is an advantage. For a male, it is a genetic death sentence.
Rick The Explorer Genetic death isn't that bad, haha. Not everyone wants to procreate. Plus, there are women who prefer short men AND many short men have more motivation to work out and look good shirtless, so there's that.
But you can't tell me most short people you know aren't confident, regardless of sex.
The toilets are so small in anerica
"huger" is not a word. You should use the word bigger, taller or larger. I am not even english/american and i know this stuff...
He probably does know. Don't take everything that seriously....
Unless you're trolling right now.
just making sure :3
TheAndredal No you were being a ass, Euroboy.
didyoulisiten Nope, now you're being an ass, i was pointing out a flaw, joke or not american boy
Americans can't spell "colour", so don't expect them to use proper English.
Actually, the primary limiting factor in the size of insects these days is atmospheric oxygen levels. There is a lot less O2 in the air than there was 65 million years ago. That's why there aren't dragon flies the size of eagles, or millipedes the size of men, anymore. But eventually, given enough oxygen to grow massive, insects would hit an upper limit because of their weight.
6"5, and 15, ideal height of 6"10, i'd settle for 6"7 happily.
Im 6'5 and im 17 I think im pretty much done growing and I like being tall it has plenty of advantages. People can be annoying though when I was younger I would get annoyed at how many people woupd comment on my height
OMG, did you know that you're tall!? I'll bet I'm the first person on Earth to mention that to you.
Yea, I don't envy you your height. I'm exactly as tall as I would like to be. Any taller and shopping for clothes and shoes and beds would just be a nightmare. I sincerely hope you've found a good place to buy all of those things, Too many stores supply clothes from producers who have no idea how height works in proportion to width for people of above average height.
I'm glad i stopped at 6ft 4
any taller makes it harder to function in life.
Juxtavarious yea thats one thing thats hard to find. Im a pretty confident guy for the most part . But my clothes has always been a issue. Lucky I have enough clothes that fit me well enough that I dont worry about it too much.
Sanic I mean maybe if you are close to 7ft tall then life might be hard . But I dont have any problems
joseph ruelas I have 31in quads and a 32in waist.
can't fit into 90% of cars
I can only imagine how bad 7ft would be
I'm 17 and "5,5" ideal height: "5,5"
Scientists have estimated that 9 feet is the maximum possible height, with a lot of that knowledge coming from Robert Wardlow, who died at age 22 because of an inflammation on his ankle caused by chafing from a leg brace.
5 ft 10 master race. my 15 year old lil bro is six foot though feeelz
I'm 5'6" and that seems a pretty good height
i mean i was 5'8" when i was 11 so...
The tallest man ever to live was 155 feet. Not 8 feet.
Paul Bunyon 😛
how many chromosomes do you have?
I'm a 29 year old male, I'm 165 cm (5'5") tall. I'm okay with my height. There isn't as much of me to move when I'm on the move. There are certain advantages to being of shorter height.
The size of insects is mostly limited by oxygen ratio in the atmosphere. They don't have lungs or circulatory system like we do but have internal tubes that aren't effective enough for a larger creature (due to the surface-area-to-volume ratio).
This is why there used to be a lot bigger insects in the past when there was almost 30% oxygen in the air.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect#Respiratory_and_circulatory_systems
before cursing ur hight cheak how tall Tom Cruise
I think he might actually be taller than me, ive never actually measured myself but ive been told im around 5ft 7 by many people
Tom Cruise is also 5ft 7
Pav94an Tom Cruise is also 5ft 7
shit lol hahha
His just 5'6
i'm 6'3... i always wanted to be 7 foot but idek if ill grow that big
No! That would be a growth problem and you will live a shorter life! 7ft = No No
Java Lava yeah but imagine being able to be taller than everyone
***** Just get some buffalo boots from the 90s.
KerbalEssences 0-0 i'm not a hipster... or an old man :(
***** I'm 6,83ft (208cm) and let me tell you, it's not always fun. Although I prefer being tall instead of small. Worst part is that you never find any clothes that fits you perfectly. Especially if you're tall AND slim. Apparently the industry thinks you must be fat and tall equally.
If I had the chance to be taller I would definitely not take it. At about 6'6'' I'm constantly slamming my forehead into doorways meant for shorter people. I also sometimes have problems with low ceilings, especially when stairs are involved.
I'm not arguing (cuz this video is fact) but, given what Trace said, I don't understand how insects were massive in dinosaur times. Dinosaurs were gargantuan as well. So, what, was the air thicker then?
I'm 10 years old and I'm five feet
***** ur my hero
***** omfg... that picture comment combo xD
Ok, so you're a little taller than an average person. This is irrelevant.
I'm 10 and I'm 4 foot five
Thats pretty tall, knowing that the average for your age is like 4 foot 5 or 6 i think
In grade 9 I was 5'3 now I'm 6 feet in grade 11 :P
If I'm not mistaken grade 11 is already highschool (I dunno I'm mexican, it doesn't work that way here) if that's the case then it's completely possible to be 6 feet in 11th grade, hell I was 6'1 when I entered highschool, but if you mean the rapid growth he had then it is also possible, I was 5'3 when I entered 7th grade and was 6 feet by mid 9th grade
INAUD 43 Tall people and basketballers look fine 2 me
INAUD 43 Maybe you don't know what you are talking about, it's perfectly normal for that to happen, if I had a disorder I'd be over 7 feet tall instead of 6'7' and would have a lot of issues to walk, but even still, look at NBA players, various are over 7 feet tall and they look perfectly fine and don't have a disorder, neither do I
Yeah, don't doubt me, I stand at 2 meters dead, wich is 6'7, is perfectly normal for people to reach this height, it's just not as common, the average human height is around 1.75 meters, wich is 5'7 or something like that, but it still changes between countries, like in Holland where the average height is around 6'2 or like here in Mexico where the average height is around 5'4.
I told you that because in some countries it's rarer to see tall people than in others, I stand out a lot here in Mexico because people are generally short, but in Holland I would not stand out as much, wich I didn't when I traveled there, yeah, it's not common to see people over 6'5'' but they exist, and a lot of them, the human can rach around 7 feet without having a disorder, any taller and you do have one, the same goes for being short, shorten than 1.45 meters and you most likely have a disorder
I'm 6ft tall; I kinda already am a giant lol.
I would like to be 6'6 I'm 12 and I'm like 5'7
Im 1.40
***** 11
DaN MoSs 13 now?
I'm 6'4 and have constant back pain from having to lean over all the time, as benches are way too low. Along with chair sizes and room in most cars. shirts and pants are hard to come by without being baggy. and shoes 17+ are even harder to get
hmmm, are you sure about the insect thing Trace? In dinosaur times the insects were massive.
i was under the impression that insect size limits were largely due to oxygen content. insects use to be a lot larger(think 2 foot wingspan, 60 cm) but gravity has not changed significantly, during that time oxygen content was much higher as well. basically insects breath via small holes in their body that air has to diffuse into, the larger the body the farther the oxygen would need to defuse to be effective. however with a higher percentage of oxygen in the air less of it needs to get as far in to have the same effect.
The more interesting aspect of height is how many women use it as major point of discrimination, when selecting a mate. DNews should do a segment on that.
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dont take bull shit steroids and work on your strength and you can get strong. If you really want to see 1 of the strongest his name is Louis Cyr he could lift 500lbs on 1 finger.
I'm happy being 4ft10
Woah, im only 5'10 or so, and i always made fun of my sister being 5'6...i always wanted to be at least 6 ft but not even 5... id die.
Dakota Patterson XD I like being short. Except the constant climbing on counter tops to get stuff from my kitchen shelves
I'm 11 and I'm 154cm. (5'1)?
I'm about 183cm-184cm tall- so about 6'0.5" in height. I feel reasonably tall and pretty much most people I encounter I'm taller than and usually I get comments on how tall I am. I'd say I'd maybe want to be 187cm-188cm tall, so close to the 6'2" mark. I'm pretty content with how tall I am though- helps with the ladies haha.
im already 6.3 so im good, i dont want to keep bumping my head into things
Insects are limited in size by the oxygen ratio in the air not by there exoskeleton size
Attitude, altitude and dimensional perceptions of those of verying heights.. there is a pychology on this matter too.
I am 5 feet 6 inches tall. I would be happy if I could grow to 6 feet, 1 inch. I'm okay with my current size because it could have been worse. I think I am close to what is considered average height. But if I could take a pill and get to 6'1 you best believe I would do it.
Today is my 18th birthday and I'm about 179cm (5'10''½) barefoot, which is odd because I used to be really tall when I was younger (5'7'' or 170cm at age 12)... I wish I was at least 6'0'' (183cm) but I would've liked to be around 6'2''-6'3'' (188-190cm)
6'1 is the perfect size
Insects are also limited in size because they have no lungs. Higher oxygen content in the atmosphere is required for them to grow the sizes seen in fossils from the Carboniferous period.
"im 6'2"
i stopped there
I am 6'2, i am 18 and i would love to be shorter, i really don't like being tall at all!
I'm 2,00 meters and I hate it. :( I want to be 1,85 meters. When I was younger my parents decided not to give me hormones to keep me from growing, because they thought it would make me gay. But I turned out to be gay anyway... fml.
What about the "Giant of Castelnau"? Back in 1890, a set of Neolithic remains (a humerus, tibia and femoral mid-shaft) were dug up in southern France. Reportedly, the size of the bones pointed to a human being standing 11' 6" (3.5 meters). I'll concede, however, that no peer-reviewed study has been published on the alleged bone fragments. But still, pretty damn interesting.
3:21 this isn't entirely correct. Back in prehistoric times (carboniferous iirc) insects were HUGE (75cm dragonflies, 70cm scorpions, 2.5m millipedes, spiders with 50cm legspans...).
What keeps insects sizes small today is the amount of oxigen in the air. Insects take in oxygen through their exoskeleton and so the amount they can absorb is limited keeping their size in check. In that specific prehistory era, there was a lot more oxygen in the air allowing insects to be much larger.
6 meters, That's big!!!
28m tall and weighing 1470kg... that would be perfect!
You would weight wayyy over 1400 kg if you were 28 m tall
Zangetsu 95 no i wouldnt.... id be 14 times taller and heavier than i am now
oOOpIIIqOOo You would weigh several toon. Have you seen attack on titan? The medium sized ones were ca. 15m tall and they looked more like they were several toon, maybe close to an elephant?
oOOpIIIqOOo Nah, your width and depth would have to increase as well as your height.
Elixz Emalius no i wouldn't. i'd be 14 times heavier and taller than i am now. trust me, i know this.
2:03 does that explain why giant kaiju like godzilla, cloverfield, gamera or king kong can't exist?
I'm 6 foot 1.
Ideal height: 6 foot 3.
- I definitely wouldn't want to be much taller than 6 foot 5 because then you start having to buy outsize clothing and shoes, you have to duck through doorways, you can't fit in seats on trains, planes, buses and cars. Come the 7 foot mark and you'd most likely be really weak and gangly from having your muscles stretched so thin.
Ya but look at shaq. He's doing fine.
There is another method for fighting against the limiting factors of great height - gravity and lack of enough oxygen pressure -: Lying down in bed all day long (sleeping (desired) or not). I have evidence that this works, from a person where I work who is I think approximately 7 feet tall or more, and when I asked him how did he grow so much, he told me just that method he used until or yet recently.
I'm 182 cm, I wouldn't mind being 192 cm.
When I was little I was always "the tall one" but then some of my friends outgrew me which messed a little with my self-image as I was no longer enough above average height to be worth noting.
It's not a problem for me and I know I'm not short by any standard, but as I said, if I could I wouldn't mind an extra 10 cm or so to again be viewed as a "tall guy".
Also, as most people prefer the guy to be taller than the girl it would make dating tall girls a lot nicer for both me and the girl.
Somewhere around 190 cm is probably the maximum height one can comfortably be in today's western society as houses, furniture, cars etc. doesn't accommodate people taller than that without some discomfort.
i understood that insects are not currently larger is because they don't have circulatory systems to deliver oxygen to their cells, and thats why they were so much bigger in ancient times when their was more of it in the atmosphere.
Given the information in this video about how gravity affects human growth. There is one thing I've always wondered. Now most people know about dragon ball z and how The main character Goku trained in 100x Gravity to get stronger to fight the villain Frieza. It wasn't all at once. He trained 10x Gravity then 20x then 30x etc... Till he Eventualy got to 100x. And muscle is heaver then fat. So the higher the gravity the "heavier" he got. Meaning his boldly fluids and bone structure became denser due to added pressure thus his muscles began to thicken and harden. He gets stronger and is able to take a few more hits. I know this is from a cartoon and everything is quite exaggerated but I've always wondered if getting stronger though this method is theoretically possible for humans? Could we become as strong as goku if we wanted? Lol obviously going from a low gravity environment to a high gravity environment is quite dangerous but humans are adaptable creatures and if introduced to a new environment slightly over time then the translation shouldn't be a problem correct? Or is it just not possible?
I do expect us to grow a little bigger, not just cause of nutrition, but also cause of selection... girls normally prefer taller guys and i believe even guys prefer taller girls if they are equally fit/pretty.
5'7.25 and 14
Ideal height(at 21):6'2-6'4
Well I'm 159cm/5"2, sooo... Most friends call me fun sized ^_^
Thank You Ender's Shadow Series~
I'm 5'10 and 18 years old...but there's hope for me because I'm still growing (gained an inch this year)
Why only whales? I mean why don't other ocean creatures grow extremely large?
Insect size is mainly limited by their ability to use oxigen in the air with their invertebrate trachea.
I'm 5'9", and I've always wanted to be a bit taller.6'2" seems like a good height for men. Likewise I like shorter women. 5'2" - 5'5" is perfect for me.
I would thought we would be getting taller on average, perhaps surpassing the upper limit, or at least extending it, as the average person has access to a lot more energy and nutrients especially in more refined and concentrated forms.
The only thing I can think of limiting us at the moment is simply natural evolution, our bodies aren't adapting quick enough to deal with the abundance of energy, hence diabetes, heart disease and other similar problems.
That said, I'm not an expert, nor am I studying this topic, this is just a thought or opinion. And as such, I admit that I could be completely wrong. :)
Eh, I'm short but I'm pretty comfortable with my size nowadays. Would I like to be taller? sure, why not but a giant? I don't see a reason why I would want to be a giant, civilization is built for the average human size after all.
150-180cm seems good enough
I'm 6'3"which I'm completely happy with but if it was possible, which there is no way in hell it is, I'd love to be a huge 8 or 9 foot tall hulk. Not all skinny and with the health issues that both gentlemen in the video had, but a super muscular healthy giant. What is insane is how much I would have to weigh if I was a muscular healthy 8 or 9 foot giant...I'd be heavy as hell!!!!
also, on the insect thing. Weren't there giant insects in the past? How did their exoskeletons survive?
I'm 5'6" and my mom is 5'1". I'm the 2nd tallest person in my house. A website said that I would reach 5'9".
I'm 5'8 and I'm pretty okay with it, which is surprising given that there are a shit-ton of things about myself I hate. My height is one of the few things about me I'm actually comfortable with.
Actually this video could have been solved much faster if Traci had explained that as an animal (e.g. didyoulisiten) increases in size, its mass increases with the cube of the size (because of 3D volume), but the bone- and muscle strength to carry that weight increases only with the square of its size, and falling behind the larger the animal (e.g. an animal like didyoulisiten).
"I'm pretty tall" "6'2 or so" *smiles like he's all that and stuff.*
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BIGGEST ROAST OF 2016
In Manila, Philippines, they have a bar called The Hobbit Hole (if memory serves) managed by a group of dwarves and designed similarly to Bilbo Baggins' home. The dwarves state that they choose to not take offence when viewed as a public spectacle.
Honestly, I find the idea amusing. And that's probably why their bar has been so successful: curiosity. How about you? Is it cruel to find these people amusing due to their small height?
My ideal height is 6', which I currently stand at. I love being perfect.
My ideal height would be 6'7, this is a height where you can only just pass most doors without the need of bending, also you will be big, but small enough to avoid complications :D
I wish I was tall :(
I thought that bugs could only get so big because the way they breath, and along time ago when there was more O2 they was really big bugs.
im 17 and 6ft 7.Sometimes height is a blessing and others its a serious problem.