MatPat (The Game Theorists)

What we really need to know is how much space they take up inside of an alligator.

Hmm.

If only there was a formula that could help us figure out a child's volume.

Oh, DMV, I thought you'd never show up.

Since all humans, even children, have roughly the same density, around one kilogram per litre of

volume, we can use the formula density equals mass divided by volume, plug in our values, and boom, we find out that our average kindergartner should have a volume of around 20 liters.

Math so easy, even a kindergartner could do it.

Okay, maybe like a super smart kindergartner.

Now, this does bring up the slightly obvious point that children are not liquids.

They're notoriously hard to stuff into small spaces, animatronic suits notwithstanding.

But for the simplicity of math, we're going to assume that our child can be contorted in whatever way is necessary to make sure it fits inside Linda's mouth.

I mean, when Lily describes how they fit, she does say it's very uncomfortable.

Plus, with how ridiculous this thing gets, it's really not gonna matter that much, trust me.

So we have the standard size of a kindergartner, making our next question, how big is the inside of Linda's mouth?

Surprisingly, despite spending days and days looking, there didn't seem to have been any kind of research or scientific papers out there about the internal volume of an alligator's mouth.

I know, I was as shocked as you are.

But just before I was about to head out with my ruler and get the results firsthand, I was able to find this.

This is an actual 3D model of an American alligator skull that was scanned from a real alligator skull.

It was uploaded to Sketchfab by Holiday Lab and the skull sample originally came from the University of Missouri vertebrae collection.

So shout out to those guys, my still attached limbs are forever grateful.