Timeline for How to have a reptilian species survive in cold environments?
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| May 18, 2018 at 18:18 | comment | added | M. A. Golding | @Talos 6 "The Alpha Quadrant"? Isn't that a Star Trek concept? Doesn't the line between the Alpha and the Beta Quadrants pass though our solar system, so half of the United Terran federation should be in the Beta Quadrant? Do you know how many stars there are in a quarter of our galaxy? The two realms would each have to rule billions of stars to contend for control of a quadrant. | |
| S May 17, 2018 at 1:49 | history | suggested | Sydney Sleeper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 17, 2018 at 1:19 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 17, 2018 at 1:16 | comment | added | Talos 6 | @Tim B II: No, only when they are doing important tasks. When their not, they can just dial down the metabolism and relax. The army cares about its soldiers | |
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| May 17, 2018 at 1:10 | comment | added | Tim B II | 100% metabolism for hours? Days? Just like humans, reptiles will overheat after a while and get fatigued because their metabolism is up too high for an extended period. One of the advantages of a cold blooded system in this case is that you can literally dial up and down your activity level via a thermostat control on the side of a suit. If it's quiet and he needs some sleep, just dial the suit down and it'll happen. Need to kick in fast? Punch it to max, but you can't be there for days at a time, just like a human can't because of fatigue. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 0:52 | comment | added | Talos 6 | @Tim B IO: He needs to function at 100% metabolism. It’s a military mission | |
| May 17, 2018 at 0:50 | comment | added | Tim B II | That's not quite how cold-bloodedness works. Ultimately, the colder it is (within limits), the more sluggish your reptile will become. The ambient heat regulates their metabolism meaning that they are more active (and commensurately more hungry) during the heat than they are in the cold. The bigger question is how your reptile stays active enough in the cold to function on the mission, and a heat regulation suit of some form (and extra rations) would cover that. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 0:41 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 17, 2018 at 0:40 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | You do know that deserts can be icy cold by night, yet gillas and snakes make it just fine, right? | |
| May 17, 2018 at 0:36 | history | asked | Talos 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |