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Started by Viking, November 09, 2009, 11:42:02 PM

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Caliga

#15
November 10, 2009, 10:51:43 AM
They can detect humidity levels?
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Grey Fox

#16
November 10, 2009, 10:59:40 AM
Viking is leading you guys astray.
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Viking

#17
November 10, 2009, 11:02:36 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 10, 2009, 10:59:40 AM
Viking is leading you guys astray.

;)

But I'm being honest. I didn't ask why it changed, I asked what is special about the change.
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First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Caliga

#18
November 10, 2009, 11:07:14 AM
It is unique in the animal kingdom?
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garbon

#19
November 10, 2009, 11:07:23 AM
I thought special meant interesting. It wasn't very interesting when I looked it up.
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Maximus

#20
November 10, 2009, 11:13:59 AM
The cycles get longer?

alfred russel

#21
November 10, 2009, 11:19:07 AM
Is it that they continue to operate without cues to reorient them, at least until summer? (i doubt that)

Or maybe that they are oriented by some other species?
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Viking

#22
November 10, 2009, 11:19:35 AM
Quote from: Maximus on November 10, 2009, 11:13:59 AM
The cycles get longer?

Yes, during the winter when the Beavers are in the dens they end up with a daily cycle 29 hours long. You got it.

Quote from: Caliga on November 10, 2009, 11:07:14 AM
It is unique in the animal kingdom?

I don't know if it is unique. I don't know of any other species which does it and I don't know of any other species which moves underground and stays awake for a season.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

garbon

#23
November 10, 2009, 11:21:55 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 10, 2009, 11:19:35 AM
I don't know if it is unique. I don't know of any other species which does it and I don't know of any other species which moves underground and stays awake for a season.

As far as I know this happens with all animals if you keep them in the dark long enough. The circadian rhythm becomes untethered as it were.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Maximus

#24
November 10, 2009, 11:22:34 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 10, 2009, 11:19:35 AM
I don't know if it is unique. I don't know of any other species which does it and I don't know of any other species which moves underground and stays awake for a season.
I believe I've read that humans do the same thing when denied light cycles.

Maximus

#25
November 10, 2009, 11:24:48 AM
Interesting idea- could this be an indication that the earth's rotation used to be slower?

alfred russel

#26
November 10, 2009, 11:25:39 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 10, 2009, 11:21:55 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 10, 2009, 11:19:35 AM
I don't know if it is unique. I don't know of any other species which does it and I don't know of any other species which moves underground and stays awake for a season.

As far as I know this happens with all animals if you keep them in the dark long enough. The circadian rhythm becomes untethered as it were.

But then maybe the trick is that they synchronize with each other?

I think humans have an average cycle absent of cues of about 25 hours, but without cues humans will end up on radically different schedules.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

alfred russel

#27
November 10, 2009, 11:27:46 AM
Quote from: Maximus on November 10, 2009, 11:24:48 AM
Interesting idea- could this be an indication that the earth's rotation used to be slower?

No--I think it is slowing down.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

frunk

#28
November 10, 2009, 11:28:24 AM
Earth's rotation is slowing down, not speeding up.

Maximus

#29
November 10, 2009, 11:32:01 AM
Is it possible though that some event in the past caused it to speed up? An asteroid impact, for example, or near miss.
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