“There is no way you could fit enough muscle into its body for that kind of locomotion. You wouldn't have enough room left over for all the other body parts.”
“It is a simple model, although realistic enough to capture the principles of locomotion. First, you have a stick figure model, with a bunch of segments joined by joints. Then you assign weights to those segments and compute the physics of the posture. When the foot is joined to the ground, you can compute the forces.”
“As animals get bigger, their muscles have to be bigger and bigger to support their own weight. But adding muscle adds weight, and eventually something has to give.”
“Our goal is to minimize the tremendous impact of these hurricanes on our customers. This proposal allows us to issue bonds that will reduce the overall price of electricity by extending the payment period. Even though that means it will take us longer to pay off the debt, we think this plan is more beneficial overall.”
