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So, a typical snail moves at around 0.0048 km/h, and are around 1 cm tall. The snail in the image appears to be more than 3-4 stories tall, let’s say 15 m. If the speed scales linearly with size, this snail could move at around 7.2 km/h.
So yeah, a very brisk walk for your life should just about keep you out of reach if you’re in decent shape.
r/theydidthemath
They did the monster maths
It was an asymptomatic smash!
Or even asymptotic.
So, sauntering is out?
Saunter at your own peril.
I was thinking this might be the case, but didn’t want to do the math. Thank you.
Unless it’s a carnivorous snail
Spread salt on the road.
Genius!
Glad to see medieval era humor still alive and well
This reminds me of “day of the trifids” where the world is “invaded” by evil, aggressive,s walking plants. Not very frightening on its own, but at the same time a meteor flew over earth that blinded most of humanity leaving only a hand full sighted. That changes the premise quite a bit.
People can survive a Snailpocalypse.
The Turtlegeddon, not so much, because turtles are actually surprisingly fast.
A snail of that size would likely be much faster than the fastest human.
Source: my brain processing the thought in 3 seconds and spewing out this probability as “meh, speed scales with size in some ways”
Someone call a knight!
At least I can stop by the store and get some groceries while I’m fleeing.
Invader Zim did it first
“I don’t pay you to contradict me!”
“You don’t… pay me at all.”
“I put the fires out.”
“You made them worse!”
“Worse?.. Or better?”
Zimpsons did it
A world where all humans are immortal until they get touched by the giant genius snail who knows their location at all times.
Genius
