re: If ants were the size of Humans would we still dominate the world?

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If ants were the size of Humans would we still dominate the world?

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Square cube law has entered the chat.

Yes. We would. The ants would be remarkably weak and unstable at such a large size.

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Scaling up an insect:
If you were to hypothetically scale up an ant to the size of a dog, its muscles wouldn't be strong enough to support its significantly increased body mass, making it much weaker proportionally.
Examples of the square-cube law in insects:
Ants carrying heavy objects:
Because of their small size, ants can carry objects many times their own weight due to the relative strength of their muscles compared to their body mass.
Fleas jumping high:
Fleas can jump incredibly far relative to their size due to the powerful leg muscles that are proportionally large compared to their body weight.

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I remember reading something about ants having an exoskeleton and their design only works if small.

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Not enough oxygen to sustain them either

I’m glad this topic is being discussed. This is a threat we’ll soon have to face. There are presently plans for a school for ants in California.

For every world average 140 lb person there is, there are 22,000 lbs of ants. Ants outweigh humans by 160x. If they could somehow plan it, I think they could take us on.

In quantity, they outnumber humans 2.5 million to 1, in weight it is 160 to 1.

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If ants were the size of Humans would we still dominate the world?

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I wonder what Ants, Gravy, and Rice would taste like

Human sized ant granules ?

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Square cube law has entered the chat.

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Exactly. If ants were the size of humans their exoskeleton would weigh so much they couldn't move.

On the other hand if humans were shrunk to the size of ants we'd be pretty fricked.

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I remember reading something about ants having an exoskeleton and their design only works if small.

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Because of the Earth's gravity, now if the planet that has life only has 1/8th of the Earth's gravity, there are going to be some really big insects on that planet.