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Jimbuna

12-14-12 08:33 AM

Frostbitten Russian elephants 'given vodka'

You'd have to read it to believe it :)

Quote:

But they were warmed up by two cases of vodka mixed with warm water, one official was quoted as saying.
"They started roaring like if they were in the jungle! Perhaps, they were happy," the official told Russia's Ria Novosti news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20726939

TarJak

12-14-12 03:14 PM

a bit of Russian anti-freeze never hurt noone.

Dowly

12-14-12 03:21 PM

Well, Finnish LRRP soldiers during Winter War (and Continuation War I suppose),
carried small amounts of alcohol with them to fight the cold.

Jimbuna

12-14-12 05:01 PM

I was always under the impression alcohol thinned the blood and had the opposite effect in cold weather conditions :o

August

12-14-12 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1975787)

I was always under the impression alcohol thinned the blood and had the opposite effect in cold weather conditions :o

You're right, it does. This story is nonsense.

Jimbuna

12-14-12 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August (Post 1975799)

You're right, it does. This story is nonsense.

Thought I might have been experiencing a sober moment :)

Takeda Shingen

12-14-12 06:10 PM

Alcohol makes you feel warmer by dialating blood vessels and thereby increasing blood flow near the skin's surface. The problem with that is that you are now having greater amounts of core heat leaving the body, ironically making one colder much faster.

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