[pbs] What promotes blooming?
Arnold Trachtenberg
arnold at nj.rr.com
Thu Oct 11 12:35:22 EDT 2007
Allen:
Thanks for stepping forward and I appreciate your insight and experience.
I work with orthopaedic injuries and we often find that are days where
the barometric pressure is dropping people complain more about aches and
pains then on clear days. So, we now know that in different parts of
the body of most mammals there are many different receptors that respond
to temperature, pressure, hot and cold. The receptors located in the
joints are known as 'baroreceptors' and respond to changes in ambient
pressure. One could infer that it was very important in another time to
know when the weather was going to change to either get to cover or move
to high ground.
I often wonder if these receptors would allow birds and other animals to
predict weather and seismic events.
Arnold
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