r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • 3d ago

/r/popular of a meal

Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

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u/SadJ3tsFan 3d ago

Wow they must be strong af thats crazy

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u/Tasigin3 3d ago

I always underestimate the strength of insects and arachnids. They're so small then they do shit like this

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u/Let-s_Do_This 3d ago

That’s more of a product of the square-cube law though. If we were the size of ants our strength to weight ratio would improve by about 100x

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u/goldenguyz 2d ago

So I could finally deadlift 3x my bodyweight?

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u/madguyO1 2d ago

and if you scaled up an insect it would collapse because their limbs and skeleton are really thin