<html><head></head><body><div><span data-mailaddress="rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com" data-contactname="Rafal Smigrodzki" class="clickable"><span title="rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com">Rafal Smigrodzki</span><span class="detail"> <rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com></span></span> , 26/9/2014 2:01 PM:</div><div><blockquote class="mori" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="mcntgmail_extra"><div class="mcntgmail_quote"><div></div><div>### The Mythbusters determined that a direct head hit by a bug can decapitate (i.e. dislocate the cervical spine of) a motorbike rider under plausible assumptions about bike speed and bug size. Their demonstrations are very instructive and yes, gooey. </div><div><br></div><div>What is the largest bug you can encounter while hanging on to a train in India? This could be a risky</div></div></div></blockquote></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Chalcosoma atlas males are 6.0–13 centimetres:</div><div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_beetle</div><div>http://www.objectlessons.org/natural-world-earth/atlas-beetle/s89/a221/</div><div>They are lighter than Goliath beetles, so I would estimate about 77 grams or so given posts I have read. Unwieldy fliers likely to bump into things. Ouch. </div><div><br></div><div>Of course, the actual situation in India is a fair bit different from the media images we get, since they tend to drag 20 years behind. There is a difference between trains and trains. </div><br>Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University</body></html>