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What’s concerning is that with the reduced gravity on the moon, these bears will be able to grow well beyond their terrestrial limits. If the physical weakness
by gorgoiler 6y ago
What’s concerning is that with the reduced gravity on the moon, these bears will be able to grow well beyond their terrestrial limits.
If the physical weakness of an exoskeleton scales with the fourth power of gravity then a 16% decrease in gravity would mean a growth factor of 1.5e3.
Moon tardigrades would grow to be three feet long.
I look forward to publishing my research in full at, ahem, the start of April.
- airesearcher 6y agoIn the distant future giant lunar tardigrades in the tun state fall back to earth and seed the desert wastelands, eventually evolving into giant sand worms.