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From: The terrestrial evolution of metabolism and life – by the numbers

Figure 2

The standard log-log graph of mass vs. metabolic rate, where each mass is a point on a line rather than a separate curve. This graph is concordant with the archaic practice of including thermogenesis as part of metabolism, and the measuring of metabolism with the creature as close to equilibrium as possible, i.e., no food, no activity.

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