A surprise at 04.00 this morning.

[Mad Doug Biker]

Besides, they like smells and pheromones and so on, so they are just saying you smell nice*!



* - Unless headbutting is a subtle way of saying "Get some deodorant man!", of course 🤣

 

[Punkawallah]

Not if they decide they WILL eat it

Win-win, really.

 

[AndyRM]

Moths are awesome.

 

[cisamcgu]

........

Furthermore, you do realise that the human body emits, albeit a tiny amount of light .....

Could you explain this ? I am mystified as to how it could be true ?

 

[C R]

Could you explain this ? I am mystified as to how it could be true ?

We do emit on the infrared due to temperature, but not any detectable amount on the visible.

Edited to add. Any object at a given temperature emits light over a broad band, with a peak that depends only on its temperature, like this

As you can see, things need to be quite hot to emit visible light. A human body has a temperature of about 310K, so practically all light emitted is on the infrared. The graph is from the wiki article on blackbody radiation.

 

[cisamcgu]

Thanks for that. I was aware we emitted heat all the time, it was the claim that we also emitted visible light that was surprising

Cheers !

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I never once said 'visible' (to us) 🤦‍♂️

... Well, ok, I have added the disclaimer now. 🤣

 

[C R]

I never once said 'visible' (to us) 🤦‍♂️

I suppose it is one of those things with the meaning of words depending on the field/context. In physics "light" covers a lot more than the 450 to 800 nm range which many people think of when hearing the word.

Also, what is "visible light" to humans covers a different range to what is visible to a moth.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Look we're all afraid of something daft - I don't like cows for instance - but I'd still walk through a field of them (probably quickly!). Just take it as a compliment they saw you showering and though "I'll have some of that guy!".

I have my thing about buttons, but I still work in a charity shop where I have to deal with shirts and so on.
☺️🤣

It's all daft and letting these things control you is nothing short of self indulgence and should be knocked out of you.

Thanks for that. I was aware we emitted heat all the time, it was the claim that we also emitted visible light that was surprising

Cheers !

Visible?

I have added the disclaimer now, but... 🤔

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Win-win, really.

Only if it teaches the little twerps to leave them well alone in future.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Also, I have a thing about Jellyfish, but I'd still swim in the sea.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

View attachment 783662 This bad boy/girl found its way inside a few days ago. The kids wanted to kill it but we poppit back outside.

Are you in Italy?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Moths are awesome.

They navigate at night by the stars and the moon too, they are little astronomers, so it is unfortunate then, that man made lights and so on, confuse them as they think it's the moon, etc. 🤦‍♂️