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Why not just freeze them? Their metabolism is no mystery, and cold will slow them and eventually render them “asleep”.
by IntronExon 9y ago
Why not just freeze them? Their metabolism is no mystery, and cold will slow them and eventually render them “asleep”.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 9y agoBecause most humans would never agree that "freezing to death" is a just death, although I am sure it would work out just fine as you described.
- IntronExon 9y agoHumans would rapidly freeze to death in a lobster’s natural habitat. Humans are not lobsters, and we should be careful to remember that freezing to death is experienced differently by animals with different metabolisms. A good rule of thumb is that endotherms suffer horribly and experience pain in low temperatures, while cold-blooded animals experience torpor.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 9y agoMost humans do not think like that, or hardly at all in the philosophical sense.