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    256bits reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Great Cambrian Fossils with Like Like.
    Here are some great pictures and an open access article from Quanta magazine of Cambrian fossils (like Burgess Shale) from Southern...
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    256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.
    So 109 if starting with 1 female ( and an adjacent male ) for 9 years of births ( ie 7 years after 100 cats ) with each birth producing...
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    256bits reacted to WWGD's post in the thread Collection of Lame Jokes with Haha Haha.
    Coincidence? I started getting the best seats and amazing food in Italian restaurants when I almost lost my voice.
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    256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.
    I guestimated the population growth as if the cats procreated by mitosis, leaving the parents unable to contribute to the population...
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    256bits reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Housecat Reproduction with Like Like.
    At an average of 18" in length (not including tail) and 4" width, that's exactly 2 cats per square foot, assuming a face-centred cube...
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    256bits reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Housecat Reproduction with Like Like.
    By the time there is 0.001% of that number, they won't be housecats any longer. They'll be yardcats and streetcats.
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    256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.
    Someone will surely show the error in my guestimate. 2n would be for something like bacteria or cell division. It neglects that real...
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    256bits reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Housecat Reproduction with Skeptical Skeptical.
    Start with one hundred housecats. Given unlimited resources, in seven years you will have a billion housecats.
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    256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.
    2 30 = 1,073,741,824 Each litter of 4 kittens in average 2 of each sex. Only the female can reproduce, on average again every 4 months...
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    256bits replied to the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall?.
    Chances are that the larger person can also have attributes of agility and technique and win every time from advantage in strength...
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    256bits reacted to sevensages's post in the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall? with Like Like.
    I agree with EVERYTHING you wrote in the above quote 100%. However, I am totally baffled as to how what you wrote in the quote above...
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    256bits reacted to Astronuc's post in the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall? with Like Like.
    There are 32 NFL football teams, with an average roster of 53 persons. If one takes half the roster (say 26) for both offensive and...
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    256bits reacted to sevensages's post in the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall? with Like Like.
    There is no maximum or minimum heights for NFL Lineman. So NFL Lineman is far better for my point. People are not allowed to compete as...
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    256bits reacted to sevensages's post in the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall? with Like Like.
    The average man in America is 5'10". But the average NFL lineman is around 6'5". Ask AI if you don't believe me. Last year, there was...
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    256bits replied to the thread Why are all NFL lineman tall?.
    One would think that against a heavier brute, one could just outrun them. Looking a brute athlete, that is an invalid assumption, as...