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Re: Enter the Dragon... or a fun teaser part deux
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lugnet.castle
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Sun, 15 Apr 2001 18:49:58 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, John Radtke writes:
> Well, I just love the fact that you thought it through! Thanks for sharing.
> My question was based on the thought that a 90' blue whale eats 2 tons of
> krill a day. Your dragon looked to be about twice that length, albeit
> thinner, so I was thinking probably the same two tons. I wouldn't imagine a
> swimming sea creature would expend more energy than a walking or flying land
> creature - anyone know?
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> John
> #388
Well, while a blue whale doesn't expend much energy to swim, it also doesn't
have the ability to change its metabolic rate. Also, the blue whale expends an
ENORMOUS amount of energy maintaining its body temperature. A mammal needs to
eat a lot if it wants to survive in freezing arctic waters, and since a blue
whale never stops swimming, it must constantly move and surface to breathe. A
land mammal doesn't need to eat near as much in a temperate climate where it
can sleep half the day or more away. Also, I'm almost positive that the
nutritional value of an equal amount of cow is much greater than that of krill,
a sea shrimp thats mainly shell and legs.
--Anthony
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| (...) Wasn't trying to stump you - I just wanted to know ;) I think Dave got most of my additional thoughts already... (...) It would also require a whole lot of energy to grow to that size. (...) You also can't use that number because it's not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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