Table of Contents

	Modern Examples
	The Carboniferous
	Why Can't Elephants Fly?
	Climate Effects
	Skeleton and Musculature
	Circulation/Respiration/Thermoregulation
	Metabolism
	Locomotion
	Insular Gigantism
	The Pros of Being Big
	Why Good things Come in Small Packages
	Conclusions: Extinction and other things...
	References

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