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It looks about 4 times its length.
By that argument, the White House is 90% of the size of the Empire State Building.
Specimens sold to collectors for several thousand pounds, don't think they're going to survive long unless some enterprising "poacher" breeds them.
The first one sold for 7,000 pounds; the second one sold for 3,200. Continuing that trend would mean an infinite number of bees would sell for less than 14,000 pounds total.
There just aren't that many rich bee collectors.
Also, in theory, could it be even larger, or is there some limit to how large a bee could be?
What is it about this particular environment that allows this mutation (i.e., larger in size) to survive here, but no where else in the world? Also, in theory, could it be even larger, or is there some limit to how large a bee could be?
There is a limit to how large an insect can be. Couldn't breath effectively with the body mass of a retriever (fortunately).
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A nuclear war can only be fought to the point where nobody has the capacity to keep fighting. You can't actually obliterate the planet. The global climate would be altered but it wouldn't be close to the worst the earth has seen. Insects, plants, rodents, and humans will all almost certainly survive a nuclear war. Animals in the wild are largely unaffected by high levels of background radiation because they don't liv…
AI could keep fighting, and replicating more weapons, long after humans are dead.
What is it about this particular environment that allows this mutation (i.e., larger in size) to survive here, but no where else in the world? Also, in theory, could it be even larger, or is there some limit to how large a bee could be?
Oh, Is the damned planet earth. Is doing this things everywhere since millions of years. Bigger, faster and with more teeth. There is a limit to how large an insect can be. Couldn't breath effectively with the body mass of a retriever (fortunately).
https://earthsky.org/earth/why-were-prehistoric-insects-so-h...
What is it about this particular environment that allows this mutation (i.e., larger in size) to survive here, but no where else in the world? Also, in theory, could it be even larger, or is there some limit to how large a bee could be?
What is it about this particular environment that allows this mutation (i.e., larger in size) to survive here, but no where else in the world? Also, in theory, could it be even larger, or is there some limit to how large a bee could be?
Insect size tends to be limited by oxygen availabiltiy (since they don't have lungs, and must absorb oxygen passively). Hence why the biggest insects are found in oxygen rich rainforests.
But I'm very skeptical that there is more oxygen in rain forests. For one thing, I don't think they actually produce more oxygen than they consume, since there is an equilibrium of plant mass being created and being consumed. Also, the planet is quite windy.
Still, I'm interested in seeing any evidence to the contrary!
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Do you really think we can create a greater extinction event than the ones the insects have survived? And yes, that includes some serious climate changes.
All-out nuclear war?