Aliens Are Enormous, Science Suggests

newsweek.com ^ | April 5, 2015 | Douglas Main

[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.

[M Kehoe]

You're going to need a bigger boat.

5.56mm

[COBOL2Java]

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

[The Cajun]

I think I know what orifice he pulled that article and his assumptions out of................Just guessing :)

[null and void]

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...

[Dog]

LOL

[Lurker]

He said intelligent life.

[JennysCool]

Ironically, the 50-Foot Woman is kinda shy.

[Zeppo]

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

But maybe they have some defective ones.

[9thLife]

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

[Farmer Dean]

I’m gonna need a bigger rifle.

[null and void]

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!

[Dallas59]

[mikrofon]

Great – immense Extraterrestrial beings, hungry and on the march for food & resources…
Just the "recipe" for Humanity becoming appetizers on ET's plate:

[razorback-bert]

Got you beat, I am watching Mountain Monsters.

[razorback-bert]

Oops, I though I was on the bigfoot thread.

Nevermind

[MIchaelTArchangel]

And how much to unicorns weigh?

[JimSEA]

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

[PROCON]

[seawolf101]

[moovova]

That's alright. Those guys are ready for anything...Mountain Monsters, Bigfoot or 650 pound aliens...