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MatPat (The Game Theorists)

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Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Well, it turns out that American alligators' bodies are approximately 7.3 times the length of their head.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

That means our 0.833 meter head would correspond to an alligator that is 6.1 meters long.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

That is over 20 feet.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

If Linda was that big, she'd be bigger than the largest verified gator ever on record.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

By over 4 feet.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Just over the size of the tallest average kindergartner, funnily enough.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

But here's the kicker.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

We are not the only character that hitches a ride on the Linda Express.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Oh no no no.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Later in the game we see not one, not two, but three children enter Linda's mouth at the same time.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Meaning Linda has to be even bigger than we initially calculated.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

If

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

we assume that all three children are the same size as our protagonist, 20 litres, that means this new beefier, or gatorier, Linda would need to be able to fit a whopping 60 litres of children in her mouth hole.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

That's roughly the size of the gas tank in your car.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

A gator big enough to hold that in its mouth would need to be an

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

absolutely gargantuan 8.76 meters or 28.7 feet long.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

That's about half the length of a bowling alley.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

No thanks, I'll stick to skeeball.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

But even that still doesn't represent Linda's true size.

Game Theory
The Detail Everyone Missed from Kindergarten 3

Because at the very end of Kindergarten 3, she manages to fit even more inside of her mouth.