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#2798 08/23/05 11:39 AM
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In the same way that a small terrier and great dane have both been engineered from the standard 'Dog' what are the limitations on supersizing a Komodo Dragon?

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Weight and heat production increase as the cube of relatvie size increase, weight-bearing and cooling increase as its square. Compare the skeletons and metabolisms of a mouse and an elephant.

Why would you want a 20 tonne Komodo Dragon (imagine mucking the stalls) when you could make your fortune growing fangs on a goldfish?


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