RE: What's your stance on bringing back extinct species?
March 9, 2024 at 4:06 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2024 at 4:10 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 9, 2024 at 2:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(March 9, 2024 at 2:39 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: like with aerodynamic flying, difficulty is scale. the rate of heat dissipation is usually a function of surface area, where as the amount of heat generated is usually a function of the volume involved in the reaction. volume goes up by the cube of dimension and area by the square, so maintaint a lower temperature than the heat source through rapid heat dissipation gets increasingly difficult the larger the creature or the heat generating device. So the ability of a firing spitting creature or flame thrower to surviving by dissipating waste heat faster than it is being generated, and thus keep its temperature lower than the temperature of the flame, decreased rapidly as the scale of the creature or flame thrower gets bigger. so if a beatle can survive a transient exoteric reaction in its innards doesn’t mean a larger creature, say a cat or dog, much less a dragon, can survive the same thermodynamic feat, especially if it involves not just a transient exoteric reaction, but a sustained jet of flame able to break down castle doors.
Still waiting for a physics violation.
Boru
dissipation of waste heat is a phenomenon governed by physics, a large creature weighing at least several hundred pounds being able to dissipate the heat generated by producing fire able to melt Castlegate its gut without cooking the creatures organic components and turning it into carbon dioxide is the violation of physics