Na'vi diversity

[Fosus]

Isn't 6 meter long Na'vi too big to ride an Ikran.. ?

[Tsawke`Iheyu]

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

Yes and no - genetics plays a large part, but so does nutrition. Average height for men in Elizabethan England was about 5'5 or so - previously, I believe it was much higher, and now days it is back to being higher. That's not genetics, but plain old nutrition while growing up. That said, groups of people do tends to be taller or shorter, which is mostly where I think the Na'vi differences come in - I'd actually be surprised if they were exactly the same, over the whole planet. Humans certainly aren't, and from all implications, we're a much younger species.

We are very young, and very short I also wonder how could Jake (now Na'vi) meet a higher Na'vi them himself.

Originally Posted by Fosus

Isn't 6 meter long Na'vi too big to ride an Ikran.. ?

Yes, true. 6 meters is very high for a being, it's like 2 storeys of a flat, ground floor and first floor, up to the beginning of the second. That's a little bit problematic, even for riding a Pa'li... except for Thanator and Toruk, which are very big comparing to the others.