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Why can’t you just toss a pet turtle out into cold water or bring them into warm water during the off-season?

Like, if you have turtles that are used to it in the house it’s 69 to 79° and you want to put them out in the spring and it’s 48°, why would that hurt them?

Or, if it’s in the middle of the summer, and for some reason they go down to 55° because of a water line break, why does that kill them?

https://drjohnson.com/why-cant-you-put-fish-and-turtles-in-chilly-water/

Cold blooded animals are able to survive in these temperatures because they have what are called iso enzymes. They have enzymes that allow their metabolism to perform in the heat of the summer, but it is yet another set of enzymes that allows them to perform in practically ice water in the winter time. Something we cannot do.

Read the whole thing: (3.5min read)

https://drjohnson.com/why-cant-you-put-fish-and-turtles-in-chilly-water/

All your life, (until it’s your turn), death is something “that happens to other people, not me.“

This is especially true when you’re a kid. Because hardly anyone you know dies. Everybody, including your parents is kind of young really.

But you can get pretty old before it dawns on you that ONCE in your life, death isn’t something that happens to somebody else.

And, then you just hope it’s not scary. Or if it’s scary, that it’s only 30 seconds or less. 

I’ve pretty much decided that if I can still speak, while I’m dying, (let’s say, I’m having some sort of massive heart attack) I’m going to grab the nearest stranger, by the front of their shirt, and say “Listen, I’ve got to tell you where I stashed all the gold…“ Or, I’m thinking I might just say “Delete my browsing history…“ or maybe: “They finally got me but I’ve got to tell somebody the truth about Area 51… It’s glorious and they’re keeping it a secret…” And then die. 

I’m a little jealous.  Over many years, three of my fave customers died of something called “asystole”.

You don’t have a heart attack. It doesn’t hurt. Your heart literally stops beating for some reason. Instantly your blood pressure drops to zero and if you’re awake, you fade to black. 

And three of those guys, went to heaven in their sleep, that way. Two of the three were in their La-Z-Boy recliners, on a holiday. One was Thanksgiving. The other was Super Bowl Sunday. 

What kind of amazing, good things do you have to do in your life to attract that kind of karma? Imagine if you were so weird that you walked around all day telling people “Hey, have a great day, and I hope you die of asystole!“ Meaning it in the best possible way. And, much later in life.

Miss leading food labels

Something that IAMS has started to do, and they are not by any means alone in this, is putting misleading information on the bags of dog food that they sell.

It’s pretty simple, you’ll see a bag from them that says salmon and sweet potato.

As a consumer you might purchase that because those are typically hypoallergenic components in a diet.

The problem is that if you look at the back more closely you will see that perhaps the first two ingredients are salmon and sweet potato, The third and fourth ingredient or chicken and corn! The problem is with this is that a person might have purchased the food to secure one per team for their pet, and actually be buying something they specifically didn’t want.

Normally I like to run on and on in my articles about things but this is pretty straightforward.

Please be sure to read the bag of food that you’re feeding and make sure is that what is on the front of the bag is exclusive to things on the back of the bag.