How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science

We don't really want to see an elephant explode, unless it's in colorful and fictional graphics from Kurzgesagt. In other words, we will only look at how it's theoretically possible. This video explains the difference between how a small animal, such as a hummingbird, and a large animal, such as an elephant, deal with the physics of life. Animals of different sizes have to balance energy, metabolism, and heat transference in a way that's optimal for their size. You can't just take a certain species and change its size without changing its design as well, despite movies like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman or Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.    

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We also hear the narrator say the word Kurzgesagt, or at least I think that's what he said. It's not pronounced anything like the way it looks to an English speaker.


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Terrible Johnny .... really. Have you seen the shit that's on American TV lately? It's all fluff and crap, with a hellacious number of asshats and idiots who rehash the same freaking story over and over again.

Hilarious video! I'll gladly take some fun and wacky Japanese TV shows any day.
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I did not understand until I saw the second part. And then I did not really understand either. However it was hilarious.

I'm always surprised that grown men can entertain such silly things and make it so funny, even if it is for tv.

Kudos for finding it too!
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fyi, your link is down but i love the algorithm march - the idolmaster girls do it pretty well too! cute!
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/idolmaster-hatsune-miku-algorithm-march/
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