I Have Psychic Powers!
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LOL.
Scientists have been given grants to research even stupider things, so you shouldn't recommend that.
Compared to their size, elephants aren't all that strong. Take ants for example...
Actually, I read somewhere that you would be better off being stepped on by an elephant than a human. I guess it relates the the pressure=force/area equation.
Uh huh... Think about that for a second. An average adult elephant weighs about 5,000kg. Lets say it steps on you with one foot. Given that it has four legs, that's about 1,250kg of pressure on you all in the surface area of the elephant's foot.mountainhare said:
I think I'd rather get jumped on by a fat guy, than stepped on by an elephant.
Ehh, you're probably right. I don't know where I heard that!
Speaking of elephants, they're the only animal with four knees.
Well, knees that work like ours, at least.
Also, they can't jump, so at least the fat guy's jump wouldn't be followed by one from the elephant.
Oh, and I wanted to ask - what if the elephant really leaned into it? I mean, took his weight off one or two of his other legs and just ground your little toes into jam?
Of course, that would be a pretty malicious elephant.
Well, knees that work like ours, at least.
Also, they can't jump, so at least the fat guy's jump wouldn't be followed by one from the elephant.
Oh, and I wanted to ask - what if the elephant really leaned into it? I mean, took his weight off one or two of his other legs and just ground your little toes into jam?
Of course, that would be a pretty malicious elephant.
If it leaned into it, then more of it's weight would be distributed to it's one leg, increasing the amount of pressure without distributing it across a greater surface area... This could increase to a possible maximum of however much it weighs (if it could balance on one leg )
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