Scale

Dung beetles roll balls the size of a truck. Fleas jump half a meter (for us a kilometer). An elephant can't jump. An ant survives microwaving and a mouse falls unharmed from a plane.

The riddles are questions of scale.

The mass of an object is proportional to L3
The strength of muscles is proportional to L2
The height of a jump is proportional to L3/(L2 x L)

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