# water marine help **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227 "2008-02-12T00:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crazy\_blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@crazy\_blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy_blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/1 "2008-02-12T00:38:23Z")
HELP ME!!! HOW DOES THE HIGH BOILING POINT OF WATER HELP ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WATER? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/2 "2008-02-12T00:45:43Z")
This isn’t homework, by any chance… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/3 "2008-02-12T01:10:33Z")
It keeps their innards from boiling dry on hot days. It also permits fish to evolve fins that are optimized for liquid environments, as opposed to needing fin-wings in order to prevent deadly plunges when their lake suddenly flashes into vapor. Seriously, the ‘right’ answer to this must be in the book or syllabus or something. It’s too silly a question to stand on it’s own, without context. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/4 "2008-02-12T01:14:07Z")
And why does it need to be SHOUTED? ---
**Author:** ![NunOfTheAbove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@NunOfTheAbove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NunOfTheAbove)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/5 "2008-02-12T01:23:10Z")
I would not say it is the high boiling point, but rather the large thermal capacity of water that helps animals survive. Water can take in insane amounts of thermal energy with little increase in its temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/6 "2008-02-12T01:24:08Z")
I am a lobster; NEED ANSWER FAST! ---
**Author:** ![Strain\_of\_Thought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Strain\_of\_Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strain_of_Thought)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/7 "2008-02-12T02:21:21Z")
WE MUST LEARN THE STRANGE WAYS OF YOUR PLANET TO ENABLE OUR CONQUEST OF IT! QUAKE IN TERROR EARTH-MEN FOR YOUR FISH SHALL SOON BE AT OUR MERCY. EDIT: Hey, what happened to my all-caps? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/8 "2008-02-12T02:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I am a lobster; NEED ANSWER FAST! [/QUOTE] Ok, don’t panic. First, do you see or smell any melted butter anywhere near you? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/9 "2008-02-12T03:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I am a lobster; NEED ANSWER FAST! [/QUOTE] I can see why the shift key might be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/10 "2008-02-12T03:48:12Z")
The same reason that the low freezing point of water helps animals that live in the water. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/11 "2008-02-12T03:49:57Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] This isn’t homework, by any chance… [/QUOTE] What gave it away? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/12 "2008-02-12T04:41:37Z")
What high boiling point? Tungsten boils at 10,214[sup]o[/sup]F. Now, that’s a high boiling point! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/13 "2008-02-12T12:55:13Z")
I, for one, welcome our new crustacean overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/14 "2008-02-12T13:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=cornflakes] What high boiling point? Tungsten boils at 10,214[sup]o[/sup]F. Now, that’s a high boiling point! [/QUOTE] But can you swim in it? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/15 "2008-02-12T13:25:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] But can you swim in it? [/QUOTE] Depends. How dense do you want to admit to being? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/16 "2008-02-12T14:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=crazy blonde] HELP ME!!! HOW DOES THE HIGH BOILING POINT OF WATER HELP ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WATER? 😕 [/QUOTE] Ensures even cooking throughout. It’d get flaky otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-marine-help/437227/17 "2008-02-12T14:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Depends. How dense do you want to admit to being? [/QUOTE] I’ve never really tried to set an upper limit on it.