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002 ~ Video
[Don sits at his console, opens a Video channel, and prepares to speak. Before he can get a single word out, Mike leans in front of him.]
We interrupt this program to bring you the following special announcement.
[Don sighs and pushes Mike out of the frame to say his piece.]
Caretakers of hatchlings, please listen!
This mean you, chuckles. Pipe down.
[Yes, Mike, thank you. Continuing now.]
It's awfully hot out there, and while you may have heard that reptiles love heat, too much of it is dangerous for them.
Please don't cook your turtle.
The hatchlings, like all reptiles, are ectotherms. This means that they regulate their body temperatures by exchanging heat with the environment around them. In other words, they take on the external temperature.
They're cold-blooded.
Yes, Mike, that's what I said. Could you please stop interrupting me? Ahem...
While reptiles are adapted to tolerate a wider range of internal temperatures than mammals, they can still suffer from both heat stroke and hypothermia when conditions are too extreme.
We repeat: please do not cook your turtle.
[Fine. From here on out, Don is just ignoring the interjections.]
Like now. Please don't let your hatchlings stay outside too long in this weather, no matter what they say to you. They will overheat and get sick. But, bring them inside carefully.
And not just because they're likely several times your size, though there's that too.
Remind them that safe equalization is very important. Going directly from an extreme temperature to a comfortable one may sound like a good idea, but it causes another condition called thermic shock. That can lead to unconsciousness or even death.
We know about this because we're turtles, and we've been turtles longer than they've been turtles, and so clearly we know better than they do. That's just Science.
[A pause, what else does he need to say.]
Oh, and remember that turtles drink a lot, even when it isn't this warm. Be sure to provide plenty of clean water!
Because good hydration is key.
Never put your hatchling in an ice bath. Ever.
That's just cold, man.
I don't really trust these "coldstones" either.
...
I'm done, Mike. You can talk now.
[The screen is again filled by Mike's gleeful face.]
We now return you to your program, already in progress.
[End transmission.]
We interrupt this program to bring you the following special announcement.
[Don sighs and pushes Mike out of the frame to say his piece.]
Caretakers of hatchlings, please listen!
This mean you, chuckles. Pipe down.
[Yes, Mike, thank you. Continuing now.]
It's awfully hot out there, and while you may have heard that reptiles love heat, too much of it is dangerous for them.
Please don't cook your turtle.
The hatchlings, like all reptiles, are ectotherms. This means that they regulate their body temperatures by exchanging heat with the environment around them. In other words, they take on the external temperature.
They're cold-blooded.
Yes, Mike, that's what I said. Could you please stop interrupting me? Ahem...
While reptiles are adapted to tolerate a wider range of internal temperatures than mammals, they can still suffer from both heat stroke and hypothermia when conditions are too extreme.
We repeat: please do not cook your turtle.
[Fine. From here on out, Don is just ignoring the interjections.]
Like now. Please don't let your hatchlings stay outside too long in this weather, no matter what they say to you. They will overheat and get sick. But, bring them inside carefully.
And not just because they're likely several times your size, though there's that too.
Remind them that safe equalization is very important. Going directly from an extreme temperature to a comfortable one may sound like a good idea, but it causes another condition called thermic shock. That can lead to unconsciousness or even death.
We know about this because we're turtles, and we've been turtles longer than they've been turtles, and so clearly we know better than they do. That's just Science.
[A pause, what else does he need to say.]
Oh, and remember that turtles drink a lot, even when it isn't this warm. Be sure to provide plenty of clean water!
Because good hydration is key.
Never put your hatchling in an ice bath. Ever.
That's just cold, man.
I don't really trust these "coldstones" either.
...
I'm done, Mike. You can talk now.
[The screen is again filled by Mike's gleeful face.]
We now return you to your program, already in progress.
[End transmission.]
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[Mike used to bring a heating pad into the cold room that April's office had become when the city got too hot for her computer.]
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[Old habits were hard to break, especially when people continued to phrase things in a way that were easily taken literally.]
But I am fine, if that is your concern. My systems are fully capable of self-regulating temperatures.
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Is everyone else all right?
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To the best of my knowledge, the majority of the population is uncomfortable, but otherwise uninjured from the heat.