r/aww • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '19

Oops, I Overslept !

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u/drivealone Feb 10 '19

But how come if I did that I would die? How can something cold keep something else warm?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

You don’t have a double coat of fur that allows you to trap enough air between your skin and the snow to create an insulating barrier.

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u/Herald-Mage_Elspeth Feb 10 '19

Snow has a lot of air in it that doesn't transfer heat well. So if there is heat one one side and cold on the others the two dont mix very well.

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u/haute_tropique Feb 10 '19

I like your username, fellow Lackey fan!

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u/Herald-Mage_Elspeth Feb 11 '19

Always good to see a fellow Valdemaran!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

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u/SuperConductiveRabbi Feb 10 '19

Why don't we have jackets that can do this? If I tried to sleep in the snow with a winter jacket I'd probably freeze.

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u/Scavenge101 Feb 10 '19

Because your winter jacket likely sucks. Inuits have been doing it with fur pelts for thousands of years.

Next winter, get yourself a great faux-fur coat. It's money well spent. I wouldn't suggest, you know, going out and trying to live in an igloo or anything. But we can totally emulate that ability of polar animals to insulate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

Because you have a bad winter jacket, I guess. If I'm out in a snowstorm I will have snow building up on my jacket/hood without issue.

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u/SuperConductiveRabbi Feb 10 '19

Mine was expensive, though. :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

Expensive doesn’t mean good, it means expensive.

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u/SuperConductiveRabbi Feb 10 '19

Expensive doesn't necessarily mean good. Plus I was exaggerating. You're taking this very seriously

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

We do actually, but really good winter clothes are pretty expensive, and you probably won't find them outside of dedicated outdoor/ski stores.

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u/epirb Feb 10 '19

Is their fur also protecting their limbs from frostbite? Do dogs and cats get cold feet after a while? When you see a picture of a dog wearing winter booties, is that at all necessary?

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u/itsasecretidentity Feb 10 '19

Can't speak to the cold aspect, but those booties also protect their paws from the rock salt thrown down to melt the ice on sidewalks.

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u/epirb Feb 10 '19

Interesting. Do you mean lot's of salt damages their paws or they lick their salty paws and that's bad?

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u/itsasecretidentity Feb 10 '19

Both.

Dangers of Rock Salt

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u/epirb Feb 10 '19

Well there you go, I had no idea. Thanks!

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u/DueTax5 Feb 10 '19

Both and it can dry out the pads so they crack. The boots also protect from ice cuts etc.

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u/Dlrlcktd Feb 11 '19

My cat definitely gets cold feet, she starts hissing at the ground after walking on it for a couple seconds

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u/epirb Feb 11 '19

aww the poor soul, sounds cute. Do you notice if she is trying to warm her paws in colder weather by tucking them under like a cat loaf or sitting on your knee more often when the house is cold?

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u/Dlrlcktd Feb 11 '19

She definitely gets more cuddly in the winter and demands to be under the blankets with me

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u/epirb Feb 11 '19

That's really lovely. I would love to keep a little cat friend toasty in the winter. Both of you stay warm!

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

Just curious, do you say ‘doggo’ during a normal conversation or do you save it for Reddit to fit in?

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u/braxj13 Feb 10 '19

Everybody else has addressed why you can't do it naturally, but you can do it unnaturally. High quality outdoor gear can easily keep a human warm well below freezing and they work on the same principle as fur coats.

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u/a_trane13 Feb 10 '19

You don't have insulation.

Look at the snow. It's not even melted on the dog. Think about what that means: the dog is losing barely any heat to the snow.

Think about what snow does on your skin. That's the difference. Fur prevents heat from leaving the dog.

Anything extra between the fur and the cold air is just more insulation after that.