Elgatee
Elgatee t1_j5xrgfw wrote
Reply to Eli5 - nutritional consumption of mammals by Ok_Elk_4333
Every vitamin is used by bodies for some purpose. Depending on what a certain species has or do, you'll need more or less of certain vitamin.
Animals with "bigger" brain will usually require more energy to make it work. Animals with large, constantly growing claws/teeths will need certain vitamin to keep growing them. Animals with hot blood will need more food for their heat.
Everything has a use, and what your body can do decide how much of each you need in average.
Elgatee t1_iwpxlun wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why haven't we made small robots that can make smaller robots, and then eventually we can have super tiny robots that can do loads of complex stuff? by [deleted]
Not everything scale that simply.
Let's go for one very simple issue: Chips. Chips can only be made so small for physics reason. We're currently making chips and motherboard so small we can't make them smaller and still have them function reliably. We're talking nano meter wide circuitry. You can almost count the wideness in terms of molecule. A single grain of dust can already cause malfunction in these kind of things.
Nanomachines (son) are still really far away from being an effective solution. And that's not talking about batteries autonomy on these things.
Elgatee t1_iwb6k6f wrote
Reply to comment by Dumpythefrog in TIFU by showering my eyes with crazy glue by slt125
Fortunately enough, eyes are quite resilient. It takes a decent amount of damage to permanently alter vision.
Which is also frightening when you consider how many people hurt their eyes on the daily watching a screen (me included)
Elgatee t1_iuwm3dl wrote
Reply to comment by riasthebestgirl in Check where you can watch a movie (or tv show) of your choice in your country by Maker_MG82
>rarbg
Didn't know that one. Thanks
Elgatee t1_iuidpq3 wrote
What happens when you jump? You flex your legs and push the ground really hard. Eventually, you get away from the ground.
But why? You pushed DOWN, against the ground. How come you're going UP? That's Newton's 3rd law. As you're pushing the ground, it is also pushing against you. Since usually the ground is much heavier than you, it barely move if at all, while you move a lot more.
Elgatee t1_j5xv5q7 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Elk_4333 in Eli5 - nutritional consumption of mammals by Ok_Elk_4333
I am no animal expert, so consult an expert if you do need to do that for any reason.
If it's only as a food for thought, depending on the mammal you'd probably be fine unless whatever animal has a very prominent feature you need to worry about. Farm animals have prominent features (cow produce lots of milk, sheep produce lots of wool) that most likely unbalance things a lot compared to us. Other mammal like cats and dogs probably have a balance close enough that the variation between their RDA and ours should be fine.
If you look at anything other than mammals, things change drastically. Hollow bones and feathers in birds, cold blood and scales in lizards, etc... are probably much further away from us.
Again, not expert on this subject, consult an expert if you're planning on putting your dog on the same diet as yourself.