http://dogblog.dogstuff.com/health-and-safety/iditarod-dogs-are-superior-athletes/ The weblog of dogstuff.com - web home of Source Menagerie since 1997 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:29:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://dogblog.dogstuff.com/health-and-safety/iditarod-dogs-are-superior-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 Are Sled Dogs Our Most Superior Athletes? | Steady Burn Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:09:46 +0000 http://dogblog.dogstuff.com/?p=196#comment-1289 [...] A 10-year study at Oregon State University has revealed that Iditarod-competing Huskies are ridiculously well-oiled machines… “A roughly 55-pound sled dog can burn up to 12,000 kilocalories per day - the equivalent of 24 Big Macs. A human athlete, to sustain Iditarod-level performance for just one day, would have to eat, *and* efficiently process, the equivalent of 72 Big Macs.” (DogBlog.com) [...] [...] A 10-year study at Oregon State University has revealed that Iditarod-competing Huskies are ridiculously well-oiled machines… “A roughly 55-pound sled dog can burn up to 12,000 kilocalories per day – the equivalent of 24 Big Macs. A human athlete, to sustain Iditarod-level performance for just one day, would have to eat, *and* efficiently process, the equivalent of 72 Big Macs.” (DogBlog.com) [...]

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