tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post4631436334424109565..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Things Look Bleak for the ScaleK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-18184998159706750332010-08-17T16:06:05.951-07:002010-08-17T16:06:05.951-07:00What kind of wax were those candles? The color is...What kind of wax were those candles? The color is a close match for beeswax, which gets kind of squishy at about 100 F (a nice fever temperature). They obviously didn't melt, or else you'd have had puddles, like what I get out of my solar beeswax melter.<br /><br />At any rate, I do believe you may be on to something here! As long as the daisy is well watered and the chamber is not too humid, she can cool herself off for a while by evaporative transpiration (call it plant sweat, if you like), but I don't think the scale are so lucky (they are built to conserve moisture, not evaporate it).<br /><br />And a big advantage of heating over suffocating, is that reasonably accurate thermometers are *way* cheaper than oxygen sensors.<br /><br />That's what I love in experiments: when the original theory doesn't pan out, but the observations made lead to a new, much more productive approach! <br /><br />(It happens to me all the time in the lab.)Tim Eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-3294849109722351332010-08-16T19:03:14.627-07:002010-08-16T19:03:14.627-07:00Momma Daisy came out looking like she'd been t...Momma Daisy came out looking like she'd been to a health spa. She was green, perky and blooming.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-63190552631728168212010-08-16T18:15:29.021-07:002010-08-16T18:15:29.021-07:00Won't that kill the plant?Won't that kill the plant?Kelly the little black doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056007606676004685noreply@blogger.com