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If you look at any neuroscience paper, mice will run 10k a day or more on a wheel overnight. I thought the axis labels were wrong when I first saw that type of
by etrautmann 2mo ago
If you look at any neuroscience paper, mice will run 10k a day or more on a wheel overnight. I thought the axis labels were wrong when I first saw that type of study. It’s quite common.
- mkagenius 2mo ago10k steps is a lot for me too.
- gandalfgreybeer 2mo ago10k for a hamster will be way more than 10k steps too!
- embedding-shape 2mo agoTo be fair, root comment only says "mice will run 10k a day" but it isn't 100% clear what that 10K actually refers to, could be steps, could be meters.
- Thurys 2mo agoMy physics teacher always assumed it was potatoes when the SI-unit was missing
- speedgoose 2mo agoIn the running context, a 10K means 10 kilometres.
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- embedding-shape 2mo agoThat's awfully European of you, what if the mice are from the US?
- flymasterv 2mo agoMeans the same thing here.
- foco_tubi 2mo ago“I ran a 3.1mi this morning and I feel awful!” No, distance events are still referred in kilometers in the US.
- goodmythical 2mo agoUS runners also typically train for kilometer races at distances shorter than half marathon. I've even seen a few 50Ks.
- alternatex 2mo agoIt's 10km, which is a lot more than 10k steps.
- mauvehaus 2mo agoNot by much. A mile is 1000 paces, or 2000 steps [0]. 10000 steps is 5 miles, 10km is 6.2 miles. Walking on flat, paved surfaces, I do about 1850 steps per mile of distance[1]. I have a pretty long inseam, so I'm not surprised that I'd be under 1000 paces. Given that roads weren't paved with concrete or asphalt until relatively recently, I'm not surprised that the Roman mile is a little shorter than our current one[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Name [1] Garmin watch [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Roman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Roman
- mkagenius 2mo agoI know, god forbid someone cracks a joke on HN
- interludead 2mo agoI knew mice were active at night, but I wouldn't have guessed 10k+ was routine
- tomaskafka 2mo agoAlso cats - I saw experiments where they gave the “my cat is mostly sleeping and sometimes wandering around the garden” cats gps tracker, and found out they routinely wander 8 km away into the woods each night.