wow, "duration of urination" approximately the same no matter how big the bladder of your mammalian species (!)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/551360_664485640249778_735655720_n.png) (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=664485640249778&set=a.465299380168406.106666.465298390168505&type=1&relevant_count=1)
via IFLS (https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience) ; source text here (http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/23/new-law-of-urination-mammals-take-21-seconds-to-pee/)
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Saying an elephant pees for the same amount of time as a domestic cat seems impressive enough, but it gets even more impressive when you consider just how much urine the elephant produces: several bathtubs' worth. It's like having 60 showerheads all going at full blast.
(photo of the elephant's ridiculously wide urethra in action here (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=391006287697508&set=a.245324768932328.60785.245317658933039&type=1) -- yikes, imagine the electricity that could generate (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0818_050818_urinebattery.html)!)
another article here (http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-fast-does-elephant-pee), with a bit more detail as well as embedding of this video, "Mammal Micturition Reel" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggz16QqjBP8).
Weird
Though I find duration varies myself, are we talking about averages here?
Is that after the first beer, or are we talking five beers before finally getting up to go the bathroom?
I guess they did some measurements including time-lapse photography to figure out the total volume in a typical (?) deployment of the fluid... Although some of the comments for the first linked article mention maybe the elephant is only 16L, not 160L (i.e. 4 gallons, not 40) ... although when you think about how much volume a typical outdoor garbage can is, 160L seems a possibility.
Also other comments point out that even humans typically empty the bladder at around 20% of capacity, so maybe the math is a bit "off" for the rest of the animals too.
Makes for interesting "slow news day" contents anyway...
Quote from: Thorin on November 07, 2013, 09:34:46 AM
Is that after the first beer, or are we talking five beers before finally getting up to go the bathroom?
Well given I'm on 2 diuretics and I drink coffee in the morning I go upwards of 4-5 times a day, not always the same amount
Oddly when I'm consuming alcohol I typically keep pace and the quantity is consistent.
When I was younger I was in the hospital for a while. At one point they had to measure input vs output. I had six liters of intravenous fluid and didn't have to go at all. I was very, very, dehydrated. Another time I had IVs and had to measure output myself as I was better. They gave me a liter container. I filled it. I gotta tell ya, that actually takes a while, to fill a one-liter container all the way to the top.
By the way, why are we talking about peeing?
Good question haha
Quote from: Thorin on November 07, 2013, 12:39:37 PM
By the way, why are we talking about peeing?
You're in the weird part of the internet,
people!
I just had a "Mr. Wong" flashback
*collapses into coma*
Quote from: Mr. Analog on November 07, 2013, 02:15:31 PM
I just had a "Mr. Wong" flashback
*collapses into coma*
Awww the flash golden age.... (no pun intended)
lol I wonder if some of those sites survived?