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Article #4268Re: novel: TWISTOR by John Cramer
From: Thant Tessman
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 20:59
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 20:59
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In article <980@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) writes: > In article <100780003@hpcvlx.HP.COM> everett@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Everett Kaser) writes: >>The concept of six legged animals(especially mammal-like animals) has a long >>tradition in fantasy and science fiction, and there are many examples of >>creatures in our world with more than four appendages. Most of them are >>insects, spiders, and crustaceans.After reading this book, I got to thinking >>about WHY there are no large six-"legged" animals on earth. I came up with [two possible reasons deleted] The larger a creature is, the more structural sense it make to put the load-bearing members under the weight instead of out to each side. I think four legs is about all you can put under an animal without them getting in the way of each other. thant@sgi.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!sgi!thant@horus.SGI.COM From: thant@horus.SGI.COM (Thant Tessman) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: novel: TWISTOR by John Cramer Summary: structural integrity of six legged creatures Message-ID: <32069@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 4 May 89 20:59:23 GMT References: <100780003@hpcvlx.HP.COM> <980@gtx.com> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 16