We project our senses onto [extremophiles] and assume that they'd be in discomfort [but] their senses are tuned to the temperatures in which they live. A camel likely isn't distressed by the baking sun, and penguins probably don't mind huddling through an Antarctic storm. #EdYong

- July 11, 2024

We project our senses onto [extremophiles] and assume that they'd be in discomfort [but] their senses are tuned to the temperatures in which they live. A camel likely isn't distressed by the baking sun, and penguins probably don't mind huddling through an Antarctic storm. #EdYong
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We project our senses onto [extremophiles] and assume that they'd be in discomfort [but] their senses are tuned to the temperatures in which they live. A camel likely isn't distressed by the baking sun, and penguins probably don't mind huddling through an Antarctic storm. #EdYong

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