Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths

CNN has an article pointing out that, though King Kong may be a little extreme, evolutionary gigantism is not out of the question on remote islands. From the article: "There are many examples of what biologists term 'gigantism' on islands. These include the Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards which can be 10 feet long or more and weigh up to 500 pounds. Found on a few small Indonesian islands, the Komodo -- a recorded man-eater -- is in many ways as chilling as anything from Jackson's fertile imagination."

Leave Jackson out of this!

[Anakron]

Jackson's fertile imagination

HAH! Let's see now... The Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Yeah, real original.

While I loved LOTR (haven't seen Kong), let's call a spade a spade, shall we?

Re:Not 'evolved' just better fed.

[arose]

That's all very nice, but did they taste better?

Re:Leave Jackson out of this!

[Anonymous Coward]

While I loved LOTR (haven't seen Kong), let's call a spade a spade, shall we?

I'm an Australian. I call a spade a bloody shovel.

Re:Jackson's imagination??

[eh2o]

the penis-worms?

Re:Gigantism in People

[JanneM]

So, Dan obviously didn't get any brains. Steve obviously didn't either. Somewhere out there, there is a Quayle brother who's dangerously smart.

Re:King Kong is about human behaviours, not evolut

[Stalyn]

you totally missed the point of king kong [yahoo.com]

Re:Not 'evolved' just better fed.

[TuringTest]

There has to be at least several hundered for sufficient genetic variation to avoid inbreeding. These hundered king-kongs need to eat a lot, but what is available is such large quantities?

What? Hundreds of Tyrannosaurus-Rexes, of course!

Re:Jackson's imagination??

[Anonymous Coward]

No, the penisaurus comes from Flesh Gordon.

Re:One thing I don't get....

[pnewhook]

Why is it that, on this mysterious Skull Island, the only life forms that didn't evolve to gigantic proportions were the humans?

Maybe you didn't see them with their pants off.

How Kong Gets Media Attention Online

[mabu]

Here's how the Kong movie hype gets exploited on the web:

Slashdot: "Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths"

Something Awful: "After watching King Kong, how many times did you cut yourself?"

Digg: "Kong-inspired PC Case Mod! OMFG!!"

Craigslist: "I will have sex with you for two tickets to King Kong premier."

eBay: "Folding table used by catering company on Kong movie set to be auctioned off starting at US$50,000"

Fark: "Man sues waffle house for refusing service to him while dressed as a giant ape. Your dog wants to see King Kong."

Now there's a great merchandising idea.....

[LarryLong]

Kongdoms! I think you might be onto something there!