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Scaling 1: Why do we live longer than mice?
Simplifying Complexity
The Fascinating Relationship Between Metabolism and the Weight of an Animal
Metabolism is the amount of energy needed to keep an animal alive./nThere is a simple relationship between metabolic rate and an animal's size./nDoubling an animal's size does not require double the amount of food, but rather a 75% increase./nThere is an extraordinary economy of scale with increasing size, resulting in greater efficiency.
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