Oxygen consumption of various animals and its variation with rest and activity
Table
Oxygen consumption of various animals
and its variation with rest and activity
weight
(grams)
oxygen consumption
(millilitres per kilogram
of weight per hour)
paramecium 0.000001 500
mussel (Mytilus) 25 22
crayfish (Astacus) 32 47
butterfly (Vanessa) 0.3
resting 600
flying 100,000
carp (Cyprinus) 200 100
pike (Esox) 200 350
mouse 20
resting 2,500
running 20,000
human 70,000
resting 200
maximal work 4,000
Source: A. Krogh, The Comparative Physiology of Respiratory
Mechanisms (1959).
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