Insulation 5 ANTS & PINCH TESTS – FT

COLD ANTS: Your body warms up under blankets because your body generates heat and insulation holds it in. If you kept piling on the blankets on an ant, it would warm up also. 

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: A pinch test is an easy way to test for fat. Your skin is actually very thin, but the fat layer under it can be thick.

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: Humpback whales go to the Arctic and enjoy themselves in cold water because they have one foot of blubber covering their bodies.

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: Water at the North and South poles can be as cold as 2º F. 

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: Arctic waters are so cold that they can kill a man in less than a minute.

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: The polar bear can weigh up to 3000 pounds– as much as a VW bug car. (A VW bug is the Herbie car in the movie,  Herbie goes Bananas.)

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: Polar bears can swim 300-miles in a single swim.

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: A polar bear has up to a 4-inch layer of fat providing him a warmth when swimming in the frigid waters. 

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: Because of all the blubber, a polar bear can’t run long distances at all. 

PINCH TESTS AND WHALES: In keeping warm and cool, a creature can excel in one environment but fail miserably in other environments.