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The Incredible Shrinking Man would need to eat his body weight daily just to survive

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 28, 2025
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When King Kong climbs the Empire State Building or a giant octopus pulls down the Golden Gate Bridge, they're not just breaking box office records — they're breaking the laws of physics. In biologist Michael LaBarbera's entertaining essay, "The Biology of B-Movie Monsters" he analyzes classic monster movies, explaining that the phy…

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