... that I can apply to comparing strength relations between different animals of drastically different sizes?
Example- Let's say a human was scaled down to the size of a rhinoceros beetle, which, in some species, are said to be able to lift 800-850 times their own weight for a 60 gram male specimen (some growing as large as 85 grams, or in exceptional cases, 120 grams). How much stronger would a rhinoceros beetle (or a human) be at either one's size?
If my calculations are correct, a 60 gram rhinoceros beetle can still lift more pounds of pressure on its back than some humans can. Anywhere from 48,000- 51,000 grams, or 106- 112.5lbs.
[b]Note that I'm not talking about a human lifting as much weight, proportionally, to a rhinoceros beetle at his/ her current size- that would equal to roughly 1- 2 M1 Abrams tanks. I'm talking about how strong a human would be at the size of a rhinoceros beetle.[/b]
[b]P.S.-[/b] Let's ignore the fact that arthropods, in general, require highly oxygenated atmospheres to grow to drastically larger sizes or how humans could never exist at a size of 60 grams.
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I don't know of any equation but I will say that strength is inversely proportional to mass. The smaller the organism the higher its strength to body mass ratio. So a 60g beetle could not lift more than a human.
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I know the anti-life equation.
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Edited by Ad Hoc: 11/25/2013 6:24:43 AMW/X times Y/Z=1/S Read out as W divided by X times Y divided by Z equals 1 divided by S When W=beetles weight, X= beetles strength, Y=humans weight, Z=humans strength, and S is the result in terms of strength Not sure if that's right though.
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2advanced4me I'll come back in a few months.
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69/69me
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Can you ask the Teach for something like that? Usually you would just find the mass for each creature, find the comparative size for each of the creatures in question, then go at it from there. But since I was never very great at Physics to begin with, this is all the advice I can give. Good luck.
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Surely you can't be serious.
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The -blam!-'s an ek-wha-tee-on?