Metabolism! The stuff our body does to keep us rolling down the road! Powered by our hearts!
Some scientists say all animals have a fixed number of heart beats before we die (955,787,040, to be exact).
While not always true, metabolism (and heart rate) generally correlates with lifespan. Animals with slow beats live longer. Be still, our hearts—or at least slow down!
Check our facts:
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/longevity.htm
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/6/1583S.full
Heart Rate Sources:
The Complete Dinosaur
The Cardio Research Web Project
Electrocardiographic studies of the three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus
Squirrel = Super Soldier? WIRED Online
Cheetah Facts
Wikipedia!
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That’s a cute apatosaurus.
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A long time ago I read an article by another famous science writer on just this subject.
http://readanybooks.net/ScienceFiction/Asimov37/27289.html
Down at the bottom is a list of lifespans, heart rates, and number of heartbeats for several different mammals. It’s remarkable how close to 1 billion most of them are.
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Great graphic or Shouf i say comic. For a schoolproject I’m looking for audio of various heartbeats of different animale. Does anyone know a source, website, cd, or App?