Comment on Dead Monkeys Are Falling From Trees Amid Brutal Heat in Mexico

_sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes…“over 100” means above that. At high humidity for long periods of time, it doesn’t have to be much above that temperature to kill

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  • KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    the worst part is this also applies to humans. We are COOKED.

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• Hawke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Math checks out. Did you have a point?

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  • _sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve been to hoover damn where it was 44 Celsius and I loved it

    Shouldn’t these monkeys be used to high temperatures? 37 doesn’t seem that high to me

    Getting into 50s, that’s a different story

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Look up what wet bulb temperatures mean, because no, you don’t love 44° Celsius at high humidity:

      Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F). A reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

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      • _sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thanks for telling me what I like and what my body is capable of! I had no idea

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    • eatthecake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You may be a freak of nature. I can’t function if it’s over 30c.

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      • _sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Lol, yeah I’ve always loved the heat

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• Rookwood@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  37 is 98.6F. It’s the human body temperature.

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  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Which would be relevant if we weren’t highly exothermic.

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