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		ordu on Sept 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking w... And -75F is -60C. Mind blowing. Even a human would have a problems surviving that. How could survive mouse body having a much bigger surface area to a volume ratio? Heat insulated nests maybe?

fctorial on Sept 20, 2020 [–]

> temperatures sometimes plunge below minus 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sometimes. And the mice are usually hibernating during that time.

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