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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Does planet size determine life form size?
« on: 01/02/2012 20:49:06 »
Was thinking about this today and am curious what you folks think. Does the size of a planet determine the size of the lifeforms living there? I know Earth has plenty of different sized creatures so maybe not. But I have also seen documentaries on pygmy elephants that are small because their environment is smaller. Maybe the average size would be larger or smaller. I also think gravity would play a roll in it so maybe it would be opposite of what I was originally thinking as a larger planet would likely have higher gravity and thus smaller creatures. What do you think?