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The “extreme” beat: whale hearts, mudslides, and more

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What’s the slowest heartbeat on the planet? What’s it like to live with zero sunlight?  If you’ve ever picked up a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records, you know that people are drawn to extremes, be they geographical, philosophical, or biological.  So this week, we’re cracking open the Outside/Inbox to answer your questions about the outer limits of life on Earth. We’ll learn about how landslides are way more common than you might think, why frogs are practically undead, and how researchers stay motivated through an Antarctic winter.  Submit your own question (the weirder the better) on Instagram, via email at outsidein@nhpr.org, or by calling our Outside/Inbox hotline: 1-844-GO-OTTER.  Question 1: How low can an animal’s heartbeat go?  Question 2: What happens to your body if you get ZERO sunlight? Question 3: Is climate change making landslides happen more often?  Question 4: What is a “wet-bulb” temperature?  Featuring: Carmen Possnig, Kira Mauseth, Corina Cerovski-Darriau, Daniel Vecellio, and Avikal Somvanshi. Donate to support the show, and get your hands on a limited edition Outside/In opossum camp mug! Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3PvIzWy   SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In.  Subscribe to our FREE newsletter. Follow Outside/In on Instagram or Twitter, or join our private discussion group on Facebook   CREDITS Host: Nate Hegyi Reported, produced, and mixed by Taylor Quimby, Justine Paradis, Jessica Hunt, and Felix Poon Editing by Taylor Quimby with help from Justine Paradis Rebecca Lavoie is our Executive Producer Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm gonna jump right in.

0:03.0

Get ready.

0:04.0

Jumping.

0:05.0

Jump.

0:07.0

So, Nate, I was thinking recently about the versatility of the word extreme.

0:11.0

Oh, it's a great word.

0:12.0

Yeah.

0:13.0

Extreme heat.

0:14.0

Extreme sports.

0:15.0

Oh, man, that was extreme.

0:16.0

Your fingers and toes are literally your extremities.

0:19.0

They're pretty extreme.

0:20.0

They're pretty amazing.

0:21.0

It's the name of a band.

0:22.0

They better had some extremely awesome music.

0:24.0

What was one of their hips?

0:26.0

Hold on.

0:27.0

Oh, they did more than words.

0:29.0

Oh, yeah.

0:30.0

We've all had never been.

0:32.0

Yeah.

0:33.0

Yeah, I remember them.

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