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> The researchers found that if water temperatures increased by just 3°C, the caloric needs of the crabs doubled. Uhhhh... Does this apply to any other animals
by adverbly 3y ago
> The researchers found that if water temperatures increased by just 3°C, the caloric needs of the crabs doubled.
Uhhhh... Does this apply to any other animals? Could people lose weight by turning up the thermostat?
- RandallBrown 3y agoI think it might apply to cold blooded animals. Our caloric needs actually go up when you turn down the thermostat because we need to keep ourselves warm. Shivering burns a lot of calories.
- willcipriano 3y ago> you burn 2,000 calories on a typical day at a comfortable temperature, the chillier environment would spur your body to burn an additional 80–120 calories https://www.insider.com/does-being-cold-burn-calories-2017-8 https://www.insider.com/does-being-cold-burn-calories-2017-8 Freeze your ass off all day and a single Reese's Peanut Butter Cup will be your reward.
- chrisfosterelli 3y agoAs usual, just eating less is a lot better strategy than trying to burn more.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoTurning the temperature down to ~60F from ~72F is not freezing. Turning it down from ~72F down to 0F would be freezing, and I bet that would earn you way more than a candy. Maybe some frostbite too though. I've seen the amount of food a Chukchi man would go through in a winter day, and even despite doing a not excessive amount of work, he would still be eating easily 5000 calories per day. During the summer, it was closer to 3000 or so.
- Reubend 3y agoCan you share a little more detail about the Chukchi diet? What does 5000 calories look like there in the winter?
- genocidicbunny 3y agoLots and lots of meat, fat and fish, with some stuff like berries and preserved summer vegetables mixed in. Meat and fish are preserved by drying or mixing with fat and berries/herbs, sort of like pemmican. Fresher meats tend to be boiled and dipped in the melted fat, but you couldn't really eat those on the go. In many ways, it's similar to the Inuit diet, adapted to similar conditions.
- willcipriano 3y agoCalories eaten != calories burned
- fsckboy 3y ago> 0F would be freezing 32°F would be freezing
- nickff 3y agoI have not read any research on the subject, but at first glance, I would suspect this correlation is likely to hold for cold-blooded creatures, and would likely run the opposite way for warm-blooded animals (like humans).
- dcchambers 3y agoI always thought it was commonly accepted that humans burn more calories by turning down the temperature since we need to expend more energy to warm our body.
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