Too big...it's just too big!

I've mentioned a few really big things before, but today's link is to an article that proves the simple notion that no matter how large you can make a chair or a plug or a house, there simply cannot be anyone big enough to sit in that chair, plug in the plug, or live in that house.

The article du jour comes from a organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago - or at least my minor research suggests that he really is one of those. Dr. LaBarbera's thesis is that just doubling a creature's height can be enough to make the creature a physical impossibility due to the increased mass, volume, and surface area that coresponds with the doubling in height.

LaBarbera does a very nice job of explaining this is non-expert enough terms that most laypersons (with some minor science and math background, at least, should be able to follow along.

None of this proves, however, that Night of the Lepus couldn't really happen.

Bunnies give me the willies.