machf wrote:Draconisaurus wrote:Heh, I think the main problem with your idea is explaining why there would be any kind of lab at such altitude.
Any self-respecting mad scientist can explain you that...
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Christopher wrote:Or astronomer. The observatories on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii are so high that staff/visitors encounter headaches, drowsiness, nausea, shortness of breath, etc.
I've always wondered why InGen has its own brand of star charts ...
Haha, nice...
Sadly I think I'll have to leave that facility for another part of the island (one that's not in JPDS - after all, Isla Sorna (movie universe) is a monster of an island, and it would make sense to be in a seccluded area of it).
Maybe someone else can have a crack at that idea sometime.. there may well be enough material in JPDS to set it up, other than some more specific models that would be required..
Shadow Wolf wrote:machf wrote:That's an adaptation. They have larger lungs than the average guy, for having lived there for generations... thus, they can take more oxygen from the air in one breath. But even that has its limits.
hmm, yes I'd have to say there may be any number of reasons... IM me sometime for a list if you wish
as for larger lungs... how much larger are we talking? as far as I know it's not volume it's alviolar surface area, however I think I agree they probably would be larger too,
Yeah I'm familiar with the adaptations, but in films that I've seen of people visiting those areas, the indigenous people are simply
much better at breathing there - 'average' breathers can still breath in the environment, they just can't be as physically active due to the reduced oxygen intake. But so, I guess my point here is that, oxygen levels low enough to still be breathable by some don't require masks for normal breathing.. it's not like they're running laps up there.