The Science of Hobbit Gluttony
Because smaller animals have to eat more relative to their bodyweight, Tolkein’s hobbits need to eat a lot - not for comfort, but for survival.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Metabolism: The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- Square-cube Law: A mathematical principle which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape's size increases or decreases.
- Kleiber’s Law: The observation that, for the vast majority of animals, an animal's metabolic rate scales to the 3⁄4 power of the animal's mass.
- Calorie: Unit of energy. One food calorie equals 1 kilocalorie.
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