Re: Otters Keep Warm With Hair, Not Fat


Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > > "Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > > "Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> believes that
> humans
> > > weigh up to 70 pounds in message
> news:431BD25F.237BB9A6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > > > > Humans do weigh up to 70 pounds Marc. And more. ;)
> > >
> > > > > As usual, not too difficult. Yes, my boy, yes, that's what I'm
> saying.
> > >
> > > > No, that's NOT what you're saying. You got caught again, get over it.
> > >
> > > "kg" I meant.
> > > Stop using confusing medieval mearures & metrics when you're trying to
> say
> > > something scientifically.
> > >
> > > Don't evade.Point is: otters are smaller than people.
> >
> >
> > http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-otter.html
> >
> > Weight: largest--sea otter Enhydra lutris, males up to 95 pounds
> > (43 kilograms);
>
> You weigh 43 kg?

You are 1.8 Myr old?



>
> > McHenry calculated an estimated weight of 31.7 kg. for OH 8. There are
> > many small examples for early Homo.
>
> Sigh.
> 1) What do you know about the hairiness of OH-8?? ever seen one??


How do you know early Homo had 20% sc fat, ever seen one?



> 2) OH-8 is habilis, possibly apith, not Homo, see Wood etc.

And Potts with his new midget H. erectus, how do you explain that?



> 3) OH-62 "habilis" had much longer arms than legs. Ape?

And Potts with his new midget H. erectus, how do you explain that?



> 4) Calculations.


Ever seen a pygmy?



>
> > Clearly some giant otters larger than some early Homo.
> >
> > McHenry, H. 1994. "Behavioral ecological implications of early hominid
> > body size." In Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 27, pp. 77-87.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > > > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > "Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in
> message
> > > > > > > > > news:430EACE9.5AA8769D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Yes, Richie, otters are smaller than humans, and they
> don't
> > > live
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > tropics... Sigh...
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yes, they do - sigh. And their hair is uniformly
> distributed
> > > > > unlike
> > > > > > > fat in
> > > > > > > > > humans...
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sorry, my boy. My mistake. Otters are smaller than humans.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Large ones can reach a length of six feet. Weight up to 70
> pounds.
> > > As
> > > > > big
> > > > > > > as
> > > > > > > > young humans and as big as earlier humans.
> >

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