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"Scientists call it torpor. It happens when an animal slows its body functions to conserve energy and heat. The birdās heart rate will slow; so does its breathing and body temperature."https://t.co/yuUxxeLVPzTIL birds can survive drowning via this mechanism. Also boobs. https://t.co/nUwCcRVvgZ
"To survive cold nights, this bird cools down to 3Ā° Celsius, putting itself in a state of suspended animation. It's the coldest body temperature ever recorded for a bird or non-hibernating mammal." https://t.co/SX0BAU974T
"It turns out that individual hummingbirds make individual decisions -- some fatten up for long flights, while others stop and fuel along the way."https://t.co/tClHbfNQYk
"highlights the complex decision-making process involved in crossing the Gulf and its effects on migratory routes and speeds. A better understanding of the factors influencing migration across these features will inform conservation of migratory animals."https://t.co/jy3AOLqkO2
"adaptation allows chickadees to drastically reduce their body temperature at night by more than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, from 108 to about 50. This process of ānocturnal hypothermiaā saves considerable energy because the birds donāt burn precious fat"https://t.co/gTPSMigTrW
"Thereās warmth in numbers, and small birds in particular take advantage of this. Creepers and chickadees are often found at night in communal roosts, with birds pressed tightly together in a confined space to conserve heat."https://t.co/XiQZppvuPE
Found a vox video going over some of the "age of enlightenment" history and the definition of death. Relates Frankenstein and the oddity of coming back from the dead when drowning.https://t.co/GeNSgNy96Zhttps://t.co/Rwx47ok7rY
A PBS channel show also covers it from a slightly different angle https://t.co/n9wPlylxKs and speaks more toward the possible way that a the ideas from a real experiment migrated it's way to a science fiction piece via a cocktail party.https://t.co/a3wgrSCrDp
Digging deeper, both of these ideas seem to be somewhat based on Don Shelton's (https://t.co/HBgzCq7Mma) works as an independent researcher, and are considered controversial(?)https://t.co/MvEgTa2A0EWhich is fascinating in it's own right.
It seems there is a deluge of books published in this space of ideas that are all being directly or indirectly referenced.https://t.co/Thf9yFQzF2https://t.co/gAUeEyMhulhttps://t.co/QKJNcKKMBYhttps://t.co/x1pm7BI8u3https://t.co/kQmpMVZxNyEach with their own interpretation.
Don Shelton's idea was published in 2010 https://t.co/m3ORCiEFXm and it references his ebook in the end, suggesting his work predates all of the others. https://t.co/gEn4jkNQ2s
It seems Don's ideas are centered around a notion that to be able to do anatomy studies on pregnant woman in the 1800s, it stands to reason that those woman would necessarily had to have been abducted and murdered.Wild.https://t.co/pqXqsENFXC
I started out wondering what dead pigs smell like. Explored use of slaves in the invention of speculums. Somehow found a conspiracy about 1800s medical butchery possibly being Jack The Ripper.https://t.co/pxOxxHibf8Recommender systems, not even once.https://t.co/ea3Jm3KqBR https://t.co/94wbQkFhZt
And of course the next video in the recommended feed is a commentary on how disgusting it was when mythbusters put two dead pigs in a car.https://t.co/pvHWsJmLIlTurns you you can likely just buy dead animals to see what they smell like. šØhttps://t.co/lPQB2KFPsq
The idea of reanimation being tied to hibernation, and possible ties to dead animals is a thing that captures my imagination.https://t.co/6eprD1UU7d
I found a 1915 science publication where authors lament being unable to find out how long frogs can stay submerged in water, so they submerge one to find out.They absorb gas / self inflate to float!and sometimes ruptureš¢https://t.co/Pc0tl5Vq3W [pdf: https://t.co/JH0uOpGLc1] https://t.co/7xjangR8fI
I need to ask my GF if she'd like to nuzzle a cold frog against her bosom to see if it changes activity levels. https://t.co/IOilpjiwXILots of amphibians have an ability to survive a long time without food. https://t.co/chV9ds6ZovOne being famous!https://t.co/ZAkUp5mjtjš„šø
Vital heat was gone.https://t.co/sJEFJRudvn
What could do this?What kind of prayer and and meditation could jumpstart someone's lifeforce out of hibernation?What if we Grant the premise, but assume that it's a lost technique?https://t.co/pU6OrjgX65
What if there's a trick to it?What if it's just piss or something more fucked up like fucking a corpse so that the vagus nerve is stimulated and restarts the brain somehow?https://t.co/0PDvp8QsMJ
I wonder if we can glow.https://t.co/dRkRyc4v8A
They're fucking bending blood with magnets.I don't know how we can get more direct metaphor than that. https://t.co/BxmQFOuxsB
"Thus, our results reveal new roles for TRPM8 channel: it participates in the regulation of clock and clock-controlled genes in the eyes and BAT, and in BAT thermogenesis."https://t.co/B8XZZC7dNDPiezo.https://t.co/7kk6r5KhMn
I figured out how to make stones glow using vibrations. And not only was I right that this is possible, the guy who does this explores ancient alchemy practices too https://t.co/GwCY95Q6g1"Folktales" my asshttps://t.co/YrDcgKNaRR https://t.co/XZzMcJllsb
Just try.https://t.co/mMtJebzgynhttps://t.co/jLT5qazc32
We have the model wrong.We are vulgar.https://t.co/7EkN6uvSuY
If you're into herbal medicine stuff, the TRP receptors correspond to roughly to saturn/venus + heat/cold ideas related to blood flow. These activate smooth muscle tissue in the blood vessels as well as in stuff like eyes, brain, uterus, and intestine.https://t.co/GIle11lC2E
Grant the Premise=> What else could this be true of?=> What are we missing to be able to that?=> What would it take to really try?Rekindle the old ways to a shine a light on the new.https://t.co/BI18bth4kn
What is the reversal of Tonic Inhibition?"The rationale for the tonic immobility test is that the experimenter simulates a predator, thereby eliciting the anti-predator response."https://t.co/PP8VrBz67pSmellhttps://t.co/RxCAqh2ddZ
We could be so much more.https://t.co/UvXRShj4Avhttps://t.co/nFXqvn9Rcp
What happens if I'm right?https://t.co/EdvIDchp7V
What are magnets anyway?https://t.co/JBvfHSahS6
What if we warm ourselves up, do we emit light?https://t.co/SCRkjar40p
What is Glutathione?https://t.co/lKkg9u5wZ9
Its neat that a bacterium that can metabolize iron is also receptive to magnets.https://t.co/8M9f0OumJv
Quantum Microbiologists Vibes?"Bacterial growth rates are influenced by cellular characteristics of individual species when immersed in electromagnetic fields"https://t.co/99aScBQc7Xhttps://t.co/6ZVJ673Jlb
Sleep, perchance to dream.https://t.co/l8oy7dpyK1
Finally figured out what it's called. "Triboluminescence"https://t.co/KW7e8T3yND
Would... this wake the dead?LOL. LMAO. å幓ę®ŗćhttps://t.co/JtRzQ2bZ9p
The imperfections in the crystalline structure of the colored diamonds is what makes them glow when you pass electricity thru them.Would be neat if we can make analogs using crystal deposition w/ sonication techniques.https://t.co/SB3gTqJEBs https://t.co/GtY3n0NqkV
Magnons say what?https://t.co/khh8Jl9gXa
What if you spin magnets really really fast?Can we create an Artificial Sun / Pulsar?https://t.co/SXInmh281x https://t.co/jAVgvqAY7D
"Study how the earth's magnetic field is generated"https://t.co/6FHUTSQyk2