News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world record.

Re:Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world re... by sradman on Sunday September 20, 2020 @05:56AM (#24532991)
From the paper Discovery of the world’s highest-dwelling mammal [1]

> Upper altitudinal limits of wild mammals in the Himalayas and Andes are generally thought to fall in the range 5200-5800 m above sea level. Such limits are surely dictated by food availability in addition to physiological capacities for tolerating hypoxia and extreme cold.

Which explains the significance of:

> we captured a specimen of the yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus rupestris) on the very summit of Llullaillaco at 6739 m

[1] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.989822v1

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world re... by gibsonhouse on Sunday September 20, 2020 @06:56AM (#24533229)
Maybe it was just an adventurous mouse?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world re... by vertis on Sunday September 20, 2020 @08:34AM (#24533644)
Danger mouse
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world re... by pandemic_region on Sunday September 20, 2020 @03:23PM (#24536608)
Mighty mouse i'ld say.
[ Parent | on HN ]