On Jan 24, 4:06 pm, rbla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Hello all from a long time lurker...
>
> After watching Cloverfield, I got to wondering.
>
> As a thought experiment, consider .........
>
> ************* spoliler warning ? *************
>
> You have a monster rampaging through
> New York, the size of a small skyscraper, with the strength to
> not only move around speedily but smash through anything in its
> way. And not only that, but shrug off land and air launched missles,
> tank rounds, and conventional bombs without observable damage.
>
> Now any earthly animal would die long, long, long before reaching
> that size. Today's elephants are the current large land mammal,
> the megafauna of the ice age, and the dinosaurs show the upper
> limits of what is possible with terrestrial biology and materials.
>
> Based on the monster's observed size and movements, can there
> be any calculation as to the strength of materials neccessary
> to sup****t and move such a creature? This calculation
> would have to apply to bones, muscles, skin and all other bodily
tissues.
> A superstrong skeleton without corresponding musculature and other
tissues
> would just lead to a skyscraper of meat - a immobile and non-viable
> creature.
>
> The only earthly materials that I believe could even measure up would be
> carbon nanotubes (the magical material de jour), but even they might not
> suffice for a creature of this size and performance.
>
> So given the above, you have a creature whose entire body from the
> cellular level up is built from (forex) carbon nanotubes or an
equivalent
> material. Such a creature might even be able to shrug off a nuclear
blast
> (depending on the size of the bomb).
>
> Any ideas or theories?
>
> Thanks in advance...
My guess would be an escapee from a Kryptonian zoo. Hunt up some
kryptonite and we'll be fine. XD
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