• Question: is an exoskeleton possible for humans?

    Asked by yourgrandma to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 15 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Animals with exoskeletons (ants, crabs, spiders etc.) have a completely different body style. They have no internal skeleton, with muscles being attached to the inside of their exoskeleton. They also have different ways of growing, because a hard outer shell isn’t easy to grow in.It would involve some major physiological chances in humans to have that, so I doubt it.

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