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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But here’s my thought on heatstroke - wouldn’t it take severity per person at different rates? Both adults probably wouldn’t get it and pass away at the exact same time or at the same severity, no? So maybe one succumbed 3-5hours after the other or the baby sooner than the adults. I can’t see heatstroke killing everyone at the exact same time - exact moment, hour, etc without there being some spacing between each based on body mass, fitness, hydration/dehydration levels, etc… [/quote]

That is what I got stuck on but then realized they did not have to die at the same time.  They likely stopped to try to rest.  The husband died and it coukd have taken awhile before the wife fully realized or pulled herself together enough to try to go for help.  The baby and the dog were both attached to the husband, so they could have died hours later.  [/quote]

Dogs are much more susceptible to heatstroke than humans.  Humans evolved with elaborate cooling mechanisms that dogs just don't have.  With Oski having to be carried and the adults taking turns, it was hard on them both and made them both more susceptible to heatstroke themselves due to the additional exertion.  If they were load sharing carrying the baby and dog and refusing to separate to allow the healthier person to go for help, they were trapped in the same spiral.

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