Talk:Lamia/@comment-28066787-20161011184114/@comment-27950421-20161022140842

Alright,step aside peoples, let the reptile expert do his job. Now, for those who are unfamiliar with snakes, a general rule of thumb is that a snake can only eat something as big arpund as the widest part of its body. This gives a basic rule of thumb for what snakes we can compare a lamia to since the size of a lamias snake half would be determined by the width of her hips. We can determine how close they are in size based on what the snake eats. Now, contrary to popular belief, an adult green anaconda is incapable of eating an adult human. At most a particularly large green anaconda can eat a toddler. This means that a lamia toddlers tail, would be an equivalent in size to a particularly large green anaconda. However, we want an adult lamia. At this point the snake known to man that is of a comparable size, is the Titanaboa, but since the Titanaboa is extinct its exact construction power is impossible to measure. However by comparing it to modern constrictors, it's been estimated to be about 400 kilograms per square inch, or 882 PSI. Now, assuming that most of a Lamias organs are in her human torso, that would mean that her tail would be primarily comprised of muscle and fat, this would mean that the area between the ribs in her tail would be filled with muscle, at least doubling her muscle mass. Given that those internal muscles would have even more leverage, increasing the amount of work they can do with minimal effort, then that would mean that a Lamia would have about three times the constricting power of a Titanaboa, giving her 1200 KSI or 2,646 PSI.

Constricting a hippo would be childs play.