_sideffect ,

100f is only 37 degrees c?

silence7 OP ,

Yes..."over 100" means above that. At high humidity for long periods of time, it doesn't have to be much above that temperature to kill

Rookwood ,

37 is 98.6F. It's the human body temperature.

Reddfugee42 ,

Which would be relevant if we weren't highly exothermic.

Hawke ,

Math checks out. Did you have a point?

_sideffect ,

I've been to hoover damn where it was 44 Celsius and I loved it

Shouldn't these monkeys be used to high temperatures?
37 doesn't seem that high to me

Getting into 50s, that's a different story

FooBarrington ,

Look up what wet bulb temperatures mean, because no, you don't love 44° Celsius at high humidity:

Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F). A reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

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