• _sideffect@lemmy.world
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      6 months 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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        6 months 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

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            6 months 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.

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              6 months ago

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

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

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                6 months 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.

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                  6 months 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.

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                    6 months 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.