given that 95 % of reptiles never stop growing in their life.
according to the bible people lived to be 1000 years old around the time of human creation
if reptiles lived 1000 years and never stopped growing.. would they get really big ?
2006-06-22 06:54:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
can't figure the connection, but yes, maybe that's how dinosaurs grew
2006-06-22 06:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Snakes like anacondas can lengthen but there are practical limits to this as their organs do not similarly expand, so the amount of energy necessary to pump blood along the length of the animal increases until the snake is no longer able to efficiently pump blood to all parts of its body; it suggests a natural equilibrium that not all snakes live long enough to enter.
But if reptiles' organs also increase, then I guess it would become a question of its ability to find enough food in its ecosystem. Certainly a reptile that subsides on insects or fruit would have a hard time hunting down enough of them were it to grow to be, say, two metres tall. I don't think you'll find that it would change its diet.
Goldfish also grow without limits if given enough food and space, I think. But I might be wrong about that.
2006-06-23 02:34:31 · answer #2 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's definitely possible, but not in the context you talk about. Reptiles do not grow any bigger than their DNA will allow them to. I had a pet blue tongue lizard once and he never grew an inch over 2 years, although he was constantly shedding skin..
2006-06-22 18:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would reptiles get really big...their size would kill them. What does this have to do with religion? My vote, absurdity, but you should keep feeding your iguana for 1000 years just in case.
2006-06-22 07:06:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it all depends on the make-up of their DNA and which part of the food chain they belong... I imagine that if they were/are meant to live 1000 years, then by all means they need to be larger than most other creatures based on the principle or law of "survival of the fittest" in the jungle.
That's my take on it.
2006-06-22 07:04:05 · answer #5 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they might grow in their brains and then we humans might be in big trouble!
Just kidding.
2006-06-22 07:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, but they wouldn't turn into different species.
2006-06-22 06:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋