Re: Goose at FL 360????



Peter R. wrote:
The whole time of useful consciousness apparently is not an issue with a
goose?  I wonder what gives a goose's lungs the ability to extract o2 at
that altitude?

I would guess that it might not be an issue of lung size, but of brain size (relative to the size of the body); might very well function at full potential all the way to the stratosphere :-)

--Sylvain
.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: Goose at FL 360????
    ... I wonder what gives a goose's lungs the ability to extract o2 at ... In addition to what Peter wrote above, I wonder what gives the goose the ... Or the ability to maintain lift at that altitude since the air would be ...
    (rec.aviation.piloting)
  • Re: Speech to text software
    ... I am already losing the ability to think ... Most of the time I am in brain fog. ... voice device,,, will i lose the ability to think and speak,, regardless of ... impairment over a physical impairment,, will a mental impairment be a ...
    (alt.support.mult-sclerosis)
  • Re: Evolutionary question concerning God.
    ... coincidence is even possible. ... interacts with your brain (that is within the physical world you ... The ability to interact with the physical world is highly advantageous. ... being the organism was like. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: thoughts on Jesus
    ... talking about the soul that does not eliminate those things our ... So you reckon that if there were no religion then Man would not ... We have a larger brain per unit of body mass than almost any other ... developed the ability to fly - some mammals and fish have also ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Pregnant Mice
    ... nature; especially their own. ... in the "subnuclear levels within the brain", if I thought you had any ... To find out if you may lack chemical-X take the following test. ... nature of this ability. ...
    (talk.origins)

Loading