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Dogs run about 10 degrees hotter than humans, so do you think they regard us as the giant cold ones?

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[–] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

10 degrees Fahrenheit, right?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] FelipeFelop@discuss.online 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dogs are 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than adult humans not 10. A temperature above 104°F needs urgent veterinary help.

Note that human babies and young children are also warmer than adults by about a degree.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

That's quite helpful to know. I will research my incorrect assumptions.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That still sounds too much 108.7?

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

108.7 THE DAWG

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I was curious, too, because surely the blood would start clotting and whatnot, and while researching, I stumbled over this paper from 1916 which was a little too specifically what I had been searching for...

Trigger warning: Animal cruelty.
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1113/expphysiol.1916.sp000220

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Praise the Emperor.