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Ep 115 Altitude Sickness: Balloons though?

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Physiology of High Altitude Deer Mice

Do we see these same adaptations to high altitude in other mammals besides humans? And I know you talked a little bit about deer mice. In general, do mammals evolve to live at high altitude in predictable ways? Yeah. It all has to hinge on oxygen transport. Here in terms of the physiology of an animal that happens does depend on the animal.

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