What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? Life & Size 1
Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon...
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Let's start this video by throwing a mouse, a dog, and an elephantfrom a skyscraper onto something soft.Let's say, a stack of mattresses.The mouse lands and is stunned for a moment,before it shakes itself off,and walks away pretty annoyed,because that's a very rude thing to do.The dog breaks all of its bonesand dies in an unspectacular way,and the elephant explodes into a red puddle of bones and insidesand has no chance to be annoyed.Why does the mouse survive,but the elephant and dog don't?The answer is size.Size is the most underappreciated regulator of living things.Size determines everything about our biology,how we are built, how we experience the world, how we live and die.It does so because the physical laws are different for ...
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Let's start this video by throwing a mouse, a dog, and an elephantfrom a skyscraper onto something soft.Let's say, a stack of mattresses.The mouse lands and is stunned for a moment,before it shakes itself off,and walks away pretty annoyed,because that's a very rude thing to do.The dog breaks all of its bonesand dies in an unspectacular way,and the elephant explodes into a red puddle of bones and insidesand has no chance to be annoyed.Why does the mouse survive,but the elephant and dog don't?The answer is size.Size is the most underappreciated regulator of living things.Size determines everything about our biology,how we are built, how we experience the world, how we live and die.It does so because the physical laws are different for ...
