how hard would it be to penetrate exo skeletons if we were to be attacked?
would we no longer be dominant?
this is all in theory so dont take the answer so seriously telling me because they have no muscle tissue or lungs so they cant become our size. just good ol fun!
2007-06-02 18:08:41 · 9 answers · asked by mannyg2199 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
You would need a very, very BIG can of Raid.
2007-06-03 03:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A human-sized insectoid would probably be quite slow because a solid exoskeleton is very heavy compared to an internal skeleton like we have. So you probably wouldn't have a hard time staying out of its way if it was trying to eat you. This is assuming, of course, it has been given lungs and redesigned to be a large creature; it would be rather different from what we generally think of as an insect (it would have thick legs like we do for instance, not stick-like legs as those couldn't hold up a big creature).
If you wanted to kill it I'd recommend a blunt weapon like a hammer or a club over a stabby weapon. A gun would, obviously, be best. If it has a nervous system like an insect it could keep going after a large amount of damage. On the other hand it would bleed out very quickly from any puncture in the exoskeleton since it's got an open circulatory system.
Humans would still be dominant since we have intelligence and can make tools and weapons and they don't.
2007-06-03 01:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by Somes J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First off, you don't have a theory or a hypothesis. You have an opinion.
I doubt that an insect could survive. The weight of the exoskeleton would be so get it would be difficult moving. There is a reason insects have succeeded as is.
2007-06-03 01:28:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm pretty sure, but the exo skeletons are just like bones, so its would be like having a shield of bones around your body.
Normal weapons would work against them, so we would still be "on top".
However, i have been thinking over that past few years, are we really on the top? People die every year to smaller, microscopic things. Shouldnt they be on top, not us?
2007-06-03 01:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by pczdemon 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just watch Starship Troopers
2007-06-03 06:27:48 · answer #5 · answered by Hellfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you hypothesis was possible, not hard. Remember, men once ran around in exoskeletons of steel, called amour. It was pierce-able.
2007-06-03 01:14:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been plenty of sci-fi or horror movies about giant insects, spiders, mantis, etc.
2007-06-03 01:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
heart attack will be then, the no. 1 cause of major deaths of human..
2007-06-03 01:16:42 · answer #8 · answered by ô,ô 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I donno
2007-06-03 03:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by Goli 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋