Humans would not be able to function on anaerobic cellular respiration alone. They need both of these processes to produce ATP in order to survive. The oxygen we need is produced through aerobic respiration. When it doesn’t happen, like in anaerobic, our muscles can shut down. Which is very bad obviously. That doesn’t really explain why we are most active. I believe that us mammals are more active because of our surrounding and environment. Crocodiles and cold blooded animals live in water, or at least like to be in water or kind of lone areas. This has made them adapt to a kind of boring and less active lifestyle. Mammals like us are more active because of our own surroundings. We like to be around other people and do a lot of activities. In the end like that, I don’t think ATP works that way. Just because cold blooded animals have more ATP, doesn’t mean they are supposed to be more active. It just means they produce more ATP.
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Great Post!! I never knew until this class what ATP was and you would think because it plays such a huge role in our bodies I would have known or even heard about it!
ReplyDeleteIt makes me wonder why, if cold blooded animals have more ATP, they don't move more. I think you gave a good explanation that the water restricts them from moving fast. When I'm in the water I move slower too then on land. And, just hanging around in the weightlessness of the water might make them lazier. If I think about astronauts, they move slower too in space then on earth.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea about the environments having an affect on ATP production, I never would have thought about that. I looked online to see if being obese (or being less active) affected ATP, or if it was still the same regardless of their physical activity. I found one article, that is kind of over my head, but I think it was saying that it doesn't have an affect on ATP production. They did an experiment that showed that neither age, nor caloric intake had an affect on ATP production, which supports your idea that just because cold blooded animals produce more ATP doesn't mean they are supposed to be more active, since humans produce the same amount of ATP, regardless of how active they are. And lifestyle and environment do play a role in obesity.
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So, anyways what I'm TRYING to say is that i think your idea makes sense, but I'm not so sure my comment makes sense, sorry!
Thanks for your post! I think you brought up to our class so many good point. But I think the reason why made the warm-blooded animals like mammals more active than the cold blooded like crocodiles is because the warm-blooded animal's temperature body is change and not constant so they need to be acted and work out to keep their body's temperature warm enough for them to survive.
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