Why Human Growth Stops
A one-minute hand-drawn science explainer moves from growth plates to the heat cost of larger bodies.
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Why it works
The opening asks a human-versus-animal growth question on frame one, while a doodled size progression makes the contrast understandable without captions. At 0:06–0:22, labeled growth plates provide a concrete mechanism; at 0:26–0:54, three animal rows and an x³-versus-x² graph broaden it into a memorable heat-cost payoff. The main replay peak at 0:29.1 coincides with the moving-animal comparison.
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