Why did it take so much time and effort to build the panama canal?

The canal is 48 miles long which meant there was a lot of digging, preparation  and sweat. It dramatically reduced the amount of time that ships had to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

It was plagued by difficulties; rain, land sliding, escalating costs, fraud, inadequate machinery, and the dread plague of yellow fever and malaria doomed the project.

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Unique question.well, using science, you cannot create or destroy even if you do eat yourself so you would not grow twice as big, nor would you disappear. you would stay the same but change states potentially, or at least change your appearance (obviously).hope this . keep up these unique questions.