Submitted 7 months ago by Crackhappy@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Dogs run about 10 degrees hotter than humans, so do you think they regard us as the giant cold ones?
Heat transfer works both ways - so if they feel you as cold then you’d feel them as warm. In my experience dogs usually don’t stand out to me as being particularly warm so I’d guess their fur is a good enough insulator to prevent much heat transfer during normal casual contact. It’s been a few months though, maybe I’ve just forgotten how warm the embrace of a dog is.
You don’t feel much difference because they aren’t ten degrees hotter. OP is mistaken.
The way my dog squeezes his body and face into my leg to fall asleep (wiener dog), I’d say no. Keep in mind, we’re still warmer than ambient temperature, so it’s not like we’re not pumping out heat.
He’s probably thinking “human, you’re so cold, like death, gotta warm you up!”
I’m convinced this is why my cat lays on my feet, not that I’m complaining. Toasty kitty makes toasty toes.
10 degrees Fahrenheit, right?
Yes, I’m Imperial.
Dogs are 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than adult humans not 10. A temperature above 104°F needs urgent veterinary help.
Note that human babies and young children are also warmer than adults by about a degree.
That still sounds too much 108.7?
Praise the Emperor.
why would you measure temperature in Fucks?
We’re only the cold ones to our hot dogs
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Dog body temp is ~101-102.5 F (some go as low as 99.5 F). If your dog is 10 degrees hotter than you, you either have hypothermia or they have a severe fever.
We may be perceived as a little cooler than them but probably not “cold”.
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
For anyone else reading this that also doesn’t know F to C conversion like me…
101F = 38.33333C
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Repeating, of course.
NoRodent@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh god, they meant Fathrenheits! I was thinking 10 degrees Celsius hotter, which sounded even more insane.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They’re dead 10 degrees hotter. That’s not even a high temp, that’s way past bringing them to the vet even