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Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths

Posted by Zonk on from the big-tiny-animals dept.

CNN has an article pointing out that, though King Kong may be a little extreme, evolutionary gigantism is not out of the question on remote islands. From the article: "There are many examples of what biologists term 'gigantism' on islands. These include the Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards which can be 10 feet long or more and weigh up to 500 pounds. Found on a few small Indonesian islands, the Komodo -- a recorded man-eater -- is in many ways as chilling as anything from Jackson's fertile imagination."

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  1. Jackson's imagination?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Uhhh, I hate to nitpick, but which creatures did Jackson imagine in this remake?

    Not to say that the man isn't creative or imaginative, but he certainly didn't invent King Kong...or the brachiosaurus or the T-Rex or the Velociraptor or or or....

  2. Re:Not 'evolved' just better fed. by arose · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's all very nice, but did they taste better?

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  3. Gigantism by Solokron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Coconut crabs (Birgus Latro) are pretty huge. They co-exist only with birds that are non-threatening on small tropical islands. It is probably the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/invertebrates_te rrestrial_and_freshwater/Birgus_latro/

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  4. Re:King Kong is about human behaviours, not evolut by Stalyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    you totally missed the point of king kong

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