• cornshark
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    3 个月前

    Hell yeah, bring back pangea. I want dragonflies the size of baseball bats.

    • t_berium
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      3 个月前

      Not sure, but I think that wasn’t because of higher temperatures but higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere.

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        Correct! Insects have spiracles that basically passively exchange air. Max size is basically determined by this.

        IIRC, some caterpillars only stop growing and pupate when they run out of a growth hormone.

        I always wondered what would happen if you grew them in a high oxygen tank and supplemented their diet with the hormone.

        Maybe get a Mothman that way.