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Aliens Are Enormous, Science Suggests
newsweek.com ^ | April 5, 2015 | Douglas Main

Posted on 04/05/2015 12:14:03 PM PDT by PROCON


Aliens, if they exist, are likely huge. At least that’s the conclusion of a new paper by cosmologist Fergus Simpson, who has estimated that the average weight of intelligent extraterrestrials would be 650 pounds (300 kilograms) or more. ET would have paled in comparison to these interstellar behemoths.

The argument relies on a mathematical model that assumes organisms on other planets obey the same laws of conservation of energy that we see here on Earth—namely, that larger animals need more resources and expend more energy, and thus are less abundant. There are many small ants, for example, but far fewer whales or elephants.

Thus, throughout the universe, as is the case on Earth, there are likely more small animals than large ones, says Simpson, a scientist at the University of Barcelona. Since the number of planets inhabited by relatively small animals would outnumber the amount of worlds where large ones predominate, it is most likely that we find ourselves on a planet with relatively small animals—and are ourselves probably one of the smaller intelligent beings, he adds.

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To: bgill
You're going to need a bigger boat.

5.56mm

21 posted on 04/05/2015 12:46:02 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: PROCON

No, dear, that's not the tooth fairy...




22 posted on 04/05/2015 12:47:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: PROCON
I think I know what orifice he pulled that article and his assumptions out of................Just guessing :)
23 posted on 04/05/2015 12:50:05 PM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: JennysCool

Weird. Got a bad image graphic, clicked on it to see if it would load, got a ‘you do not have permission’ note, went to reply to you and beg for a new link, and there’s the image, in all its glory, in the quote pane.

Go figger...


24 posted on 04/05/2015 12:50:23 PM PDT by null and void (He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
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To: RoosterRedux

LOL


25 posted on 04/05/2015 12:53:32 PM PDT by Dog (..."I'm just a cook...")
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To: bgill

He said intelligent life.


26 posted on 04/05/2015 12:54:34 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: null and void

Ironically, the 50-Foot Woman is kinda shy.


27 posted on 04/05/2015 12:56:04 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: bgill

He was talking about “intelligent” extraterrestrials, so I guess that would pretty much rule out Michael Moore.

But maybe they have some defective ones.


28 posted on 04/05/2015 12:56:43 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: PROCON

so is global warming. HUGE! IF it existed it would be. We think. Well, we wish it would be.


29 posted on 04/05/2015 1:10:10 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m gonna need a bigger rifle.


30 posted on 04/05/2015 1:13:43 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Ghost of SVR4; autumnraine

Even if on their home turf they’re all Jabba the Hutts, they would genetic engineer a smaller version for space travel. A 3 foot tall Grey has a LOT less mass to lug around, and needs a far, far smaller life support infrastructure!


31 posted on 04/05/2015 1:21:41 PM PDT by null and void (He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
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To: PROCON



32 posted on 04/05/2015 1:27:22 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: PROCON
Great – immense Extraterrestrial beings, hungry and on the march for food & resources…
Just the "recipe" for Humanity becoming appetizers on ET's plate:

http://regmedia.co.uk/2013/09/20/to_serve_man.jpg

33 posted on 04/05/2015 1:29:33 PM PDT by mikrofon (ONzWAGD Bump)
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To: moovova

Got you beat, I am watching Mountain Monsters.


34 posted on 04/05/2015 1:31:30 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
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To: moovova

Oops, I though I was on the bigfoot thread.

Nevermind


35 posted on 04/05/2015 1:37:22 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
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To: PROCON

And how much to unicorns weigh?


36 posted on 04/05/2015 1:39:56 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Alex Murphy

LOL But we never did learn who paid for the carpet!


37 posted on 04/05/2015 1:40:26 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: mikrofon

38 posted on 04/05/2015 1:45:44 PM PDT by PROCON (It's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled -- Mark Twain)
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To: PROCON

39 posted on 04/05/2015 1:53:29 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: razorback-bert
That's alright. Those guys are ready for anything...Mountain Monsters, Bigfoot or 650 pound aliens...


40 posted on 04/05/2015 1:58:00 PM PDT by moovova
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