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BobBuilder12345 wrote: -doesn't act like its other species

-can't exist irl

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-have super power

-big

-strong Not "acting like" or having its own recognized species wouldn't automatically mean kaiju. A dog can act out of the norm due to rabies, for example. Many factors would go into attitude like that that could be naturally explained.

Don't forget, it's also a matter of why it can't exist over just "it can't". The Indominus rex and Godzilla couldn't exist in reality, but both couldn't exist for entirely different reasons. The Indominus rex, while being plausible within reality's standards of animal biology and even dinosaur biology (mutaaaaations) couldn't exist solely because the DNA we need is basically rock now, while the actual act of cloning an animal and splicing separate segments of DNA together as we see with GMOs is perfectly possible and constantly evolving.

Godzilla, however, couldn't exist because he outright defies certain laws with regards to animal biology. This would go hand in hand with "big and strong". The blue whale's huge, but far from a kaiju, and an ant is scientifically super strong with regards to its body mass to weight lifting ratio. It's all about the "what" makes it that way in comparison to a vague definition, which will vary obviously.

I don't think there is a one size fits all definition, personally, given what makes Godzilla a kaiju, and what makes the Spore Mantis a kaiju differ, despite them both being strange beasts, and that strangeness differs from what would make the Indominus rex strange.

At best I'd say (Mind you, this is a bit loose) a scientific explanation that could debunk whether or not it could exist would be the best determining factor. But even then it can be shaken with things like the Psychovulture/Leafwings and Sker Buffaloes which could exist but are still ridiculous when looking at the real world.