Dead Monkeys Are Falling From Trees Amid Brutal Heat in Mexico (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver 5 points 3 weeks ago

I couldn't care less how many humans perish due to our own stupidity, gullibility, and selfishness.

It sucks that other animals suffer and will go extinct as a result of our choices.

[-] FooBarrington 11 points 3 weeks ago

I care about humans perishing due to choices others have made. It's fucked up to tell poor people "I don't care you're dying because you're of the same species as rich assholes who cause the world to burn".

[-] _sideffect -1 points 3 weeks ago

100f is only 37 degrees c?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks 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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Hawke 2 points 3 weeks ago

Math checks out. Did you have a point?

[+] _sideffect -9 points 3 weeks 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

[-] FooBarrington 8 points 3 weeks 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

[-] _sideffect -4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] FooBarrington 4 points 3 weeks ago

My guy, you're not some mega special advanced human that can somehow live in higher wet-bulb temperatures than everyone else. You'd die just like me and any other human.

[-] _sideffect -2 points 3 weeks ago

Lmao... Ok, so I'm wrong about enjoying 40 degrees celcius.

All you downvoters need to seriously reexamine your lives, it's sad.

[-] FooBarrington 2 points 3 weeks ago

You didn't read properly, I was specifically talking about high humidity. That's the situation the monkeys who have died were in. Temperatures feel completely different based on the humidity - 35°C at 100% humidity is equivalent to 71°C at 0% humidity.

[-] _sideffect 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, yeah I agree about the humidity aspect; that's an insane temperature for any living creature.

But I never said I can stay in 40+ degrees with high humidity either.

[-] FooBarrington 3 points 3 weeks ago

I never said that you said so. I was simply telling you why the monkeys died at "only 37°C", and why you wouldn't enjoy 44°C in comparable conditions.

[-] _sideffect 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, fair enough

[-] eatthecake 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] _sideffect 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lol, yeah I've always loved the heat

[-] Rookwood -1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Reddfugee42 6 points 3 weeks ago

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

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