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Question

One of the many mutant opponents that the movie monster Godzilla contends with is Mothra, a giant mothlike creature with a wingspan of 7–8 m. Science fiction creatures like these can be critiqued on the grounds of biomechanical and physiological principles. Focusing on the principles of gas exchange that you learned about in this chapter, what problems would Mothra face? Why do you think truly giant insects are improbable?

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So today we have the which of the following is responsible for limiting the size of insects. Well, whenever we see the term limiting the size, this is mostly going to be due to how the organism is performing this action called gas exchange. Because bigger organisms require more gas exchange to take place over larger distances. It is usually going to be the method of gas exchange that is limiting the size of this organism. Now, humans, for example, perform gas exchange via the lungs. However, insects do not have lungs. They're going to have this feature that's called tracheal tubes and this is actually going to be how they are going to perform gas exchange. Now, like we said, since gas exchange is going to be the primary or just one of the features that is going to limit the size of a certain organism. These trickle tubes are going to be our correct answer choice. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.

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