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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 14, 2014 9:10:22 GMT 5
I may be stupid for asking this, but how could limb (or possibly limb bone) thick/thinness affect animals in a fight?
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Jul 14, 2014 9:11:19 GMT 5
Limbs are harder to break? lol  |
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Post by malikc6 on Jul 14, 2014 12:54:04 GMT 5
I would think that the thicker the bone, the harder the attack would be. Limbs would also be harder to break. Simply really.
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Post by theropod on Jul 14, 2014 13:48:34 GMT 5
Generally: The thicker the limb bone, the stronger it is, the stronger the animal’s limbs can be (and the more useful they are going to be). However the actual strenght may deviate from that trend, due to variation in savety factors of bone strenght.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 14, 2014 16:40:44 GMT 5
Well, I do also remember Ursus arctos saying limb thick/thinness is a terrible way to judge strength.
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Post by creature386 on Jul 14, 2014 17:01:00 GMT 5
This is because limb width ignores the differences between cursorial and non-cursorial animals. But I believe when it comes to grappling or swiping, thick limbs should be advantageous for strength.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 14, 2014 17:39:53 GMT 5
And I'm assuming in non-forelimb grappling animals it can also help in pushing, shoving, and possibly traction (last of which if they stay on the ground).
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Post by theropod on Jul 14, 2014 20:20:43 GMT 5
Thickness is always related to strenght. Of course that doesn’t mean a thin bone is necessarily weak, but thin, strong bones increase strenght due to functional payoffs.
For example, cursorial animals show increased fusion of the distal elements and reduce ranges of motion in the joints to increase their resistance and the efficiency with which they transmit force.
Grappling (at least in a quadruped) is a different matter, as it requires both a certain degree of flexibility, and a certain degree of strenght.
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