• STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I think the only reason we can keep running in hot weather (better than other animals) is because we’re resourceful enough to carry water

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      1 year ago

      Actually it’s because we have sweat glands all over our bodies, which I think is unique among animals. Dog, for example, can only dump excess heat by heavier panting, whereas humans will just sweat more.

      Some of us have more and more puissant sweat glands than others.

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        1 year ago

        Additionally being bipedal means that as we run our breathing rate is separate from our gait. As four legged animals gallop the motion of their running expands and contracts their diaphragm, forcing them to breath at the same rate they run at.

        Since they can’t sweat like us, or breath like us, they have to stop running and start panting in order to cool down.

        While humans can just keep going, relentlessly, like the It Follows monster.