Does every species get around a billion heartbeats on average? It’s one of those urban legends that persists about biology, that every species, because of metabolic rates and what it takes to support different sizes of creatures, that all species get around 1 billion heartbeats before they die. While it doesn’t by any means prove this to be true or meaningful, the analysis done in this discussion thread lays out a pretty compelling case that many species to cluster around a billion. Hmm … (via StackExchange - Skeptics)
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Does every species get around a billion heartbeats on average?

It’s one of those urban legends that persists about biology, that every species, because of metabolic rates and what it takes to support different sizes of creatures, that all species get around 1 billion heartbeats before they die.

While it doesn’t by any means prove this to be true or meaningful, the analysis done in this discussion thread lays out a pretty compelling case that many species to cluster around a billion. Hmm …

(via StackExchange - Skeptics)

Source: skeptics.stackexchange.com

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    That doesn’t make a lick of sense to me. Most small dogs live to be 12-15 years old; I’ve even met a 20-year-old...
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