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minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoNumber 2 would fall over. Right now a giraffe needs 600lbs of neck muscle to hold up a 50 lb head on a 6 foot lever. There is no way the giraffe’s neck could hold a regular human torso. Forget a proportional one. It’s not possible. Picture for scale. A regular human torso would look comically small on top of a giraffe.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWhat about very developed neck flap sails
minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoCame here for this. #2 would bend over once and be down for life. Not to mention those front knees would be under tremendous pressure, even just normal walking would be punishing.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoYou don’t even have to get into the weight. Mammals have at most 4 limbs. Centaurs would have 6 limbs, and the mammal brain never evolved to handle that many.
minus-squareCaptPretentious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoWell, maybe. Or they’d have the most developed 42 pack abs you’ve ever seen.
Number 2 would fall over.
Right now a giraffe needs 600lbs of neck muscle to hold up a 50 lb head on a 6 foot lever.
There is no way the giraffe’s neck could hold a regular human torso. Forget a proportional one. It’s not possible.
Picture for scale. A regular human torso would look comically small on top of a giraffe.
What about very developed neck flap sails
Came here for this. #2 would bend over once and be down for life.
Not to mention those front knees would be under tremendous pressure, even just normal walking would be punishing.
You don’t even have to get into the weight.
Mammals have at most 4 limbs. Centaurs would have 6 limbs, and the mammal brain never evolved to handle that many.
Yes but there’s a chance
Well, maybe. Or they’d have the most developed 42 pack abs you’ve ever seen.