Damaskox@kbin.social to ELI5@kbin.social · edit-23 years agoHow much would a person need to weigh so they would start sinking when they stand in grass?message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareHow much would a person need to weigh so they would start sinking when they stand in grass?Damaskox@kbin.social to ELI5@kbin.social · edit-23 years agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshalafilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoPretty sure a male African bull elephant comes in at 10 tons, they don’t sink. But your character, assuming it’s bipedal, wouldn’t be spreading that weight across quite so much surface area. tl;dr: 10 tons is still pretty negligible.
Pretty sure a male African bull elephant comes in at 10 tons, they don’t sink. But your character, assuming it’s bipedal, wouldn’t be spreading that weight across quite so much surface area.
tl;dr: 10 tons is still pretty negligible.