• Question: what is the hottest thing alive

    Asked by daisy to Pete on 9 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Pete Gwynne

      Pete Gwynne answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      most animals are quite similar because they regulate their own body heat. most of the time they’re around 35-40 degrees (humans are usually 37 degrees) but birds can get a bit warmer, maybe up to about 45 degrees. There are bacteria though which live in deep-sea vents, where the water is super hot because of cracks in the earth’s crust that let lava through. some of them live quite happily in water that’s over 100 degrees!

      the hottest thing alive though is probably Rihanna though?

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