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It seems like an odd test to me. Swimming in cold water would test fitness more than ability to handle stress. And since some rats did not exercise they becam
by uuilly 17y ago
It seems like an odd test to me. Swimming in cold water would test fitness more than ability to handle stress. And since some rats did not exercise they became less fit and would not handle the cold water test as well. Am I missing something?
- csmeder 17y agoYeah this is totally what I was thinking?!?!
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- gcheong 17y agoMy guess is that they didn't push them beyond the level where fitness mattered. Sort of like having a group of people run a couple of laps around a track - which even sedentary people could probably manage without much stress on their bodies. In the article it was stated that rats do not like swimming in cold water and so they are apparently testing the affects of that kind of stress rather than just the stress of physical fitness.
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoI'm not sure how they can separate stress caused by fear from stress caused by the physical challenge alone. I don't think this is a good experiment.