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Warm blooded systems though can power high energy activities like maintaining a large brain, which could figure out how to get warm. A few degrees can kill a h
by thih9 2y ago
Warm blooded systems though can power high energy activities like maintaining a large brain, which could figure out how to get warm.
A few degrees can kill a human only in theory, in practice a human would wear a jacket or seek shade.
- simmerup 2y agoOctopi are cold blooded and smart
- tim333 2y agoBut they live in a fairly constant temperature environment compared to a land reptile for example. Update: they do some funky stuff https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230608120915.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230608120915.h...
- thih9 2y ago> The octopuses achieve this by editing their RNA, the messenger molecule between DNA and proteins. Lesson number two: if you cannot avoid dealing with multiple states, consider monkey patching. The result might resemble an eldritch horror, but at least it will work.
- simmerup 2y agoNo wonder they die so young
- idiotsecant 2y agoA few degrees kills many, many people every year. I didn't say a few environmental degrees, I said a few degrees of regulated temperature. All it takes is a tiny little virus to make your immune system eat itself and kill you with your own heat. That's a very good example of a system that is highly reliant on the right environment to operate properly.