Braxx wrote:
> 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
Or, since he's the height of a skyscraper, which is made from steel,
maybe something like, I don't know, steel, would do? You could also make
your armor from something like, well, steel. As to the power supply,
that's a good question, but very compact heat engines running hydraulic
systems would be my first guess. No, they're not organic. AFAIK, neither
is carbon nanotube.
Helpfully,
Jack Tingle
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