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pa5tabear
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Recently I saw an article about sled dogs burning 10,000 calories in a day. Even when adjusted for mass, this is significantly more energy than a human athlete might use.
This got me thinking: how much energy do bacteria use in a day? Trees? Fungi? Other animals?
I can think of lots of variables that will affect energy usage, but I still see no reason why the data couldn't be gathered/compared.
So far the only data I've seen is comparing sled dogs to humans, so please post anything you've seen along these lines.
This got me thinking: how much energy do bacteria use in a day? Trees? Fungi? Other animals?
I can think of lots of variables that will affect energy usage, but I still see no reason why the data couldn't be gathered/compared.
So far the only data I've seen is comparing sled dogs to humans, so please post anything you've seen along these lines.