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Super_

22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:31am

Have a non-spoiler nit pick.

So I'm loving this game so far and I've completed it once. On my second playthrough, the player character says "reptiles are usually exothermic" but this is wrong. He was supposed to say endothermic as reptiles take in heat from the sun, endo means to take in. Exothermic is for birds and mammals as we produce heat.

Other that that, this game is one of my favourites if not best of 2018.

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Dolphin Bottlenose has Angels with Scaly Wings

22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:34am

Ahem :)

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/ectothermic-cold-blooded-animals.html

Super_

22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:41am

But Exothermic means to let heat out and they're taking heat in.

I study biology and chemistry so I guess my life is a lie.

Dolphin Bottlenose has Angels with Scaly Wings

22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:47am

Originally posted by Super_:
But Exothermic means to let heat out and they're taking heat in.

Exo means external, Endo - internal. They just use it for sources of heat.

I study biology and chemistry so I guess my life is a lie.

Welcome to the real world, where alarms go on by going off. :)

Last edited by Dolphin Bottlenose; 22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:49am

Xandrii

22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:48am

What for a discussion. xD
And besides, a person's life felt only a lie.

Last edited by Xandrii; 22 Apr, 2018 @ 9:48am

Karashata

22 Apr, 2018 @ 11:33am

So, some quick dictionary definition checking, neither exothermic nor endothermic are correct in this case. Exothermic has no dictionary definition with relevance to animals, while endothermic (when referring to animals) are capable of or dependent on generating their own body heat (ie. warm-blooded). In this particular instance, the correct term to use would be "ectothermic", as cold-blooded animals are referred to as "ectotherms", organisms that are dependent on external sources of body heat.

Worth noting, the article Dolphin Bottlenose linked to correctly uses "ectothermic" throughout the article (and in it's URL) even though the title incorrectly states "exothermic".

Last edited by Karashata; 22 Apr, 2018 @ 11:35am