Thursday, July 22, 2010

Endotherm


An endotherm is an animal that regulates its own body temperature, typicaly by keeping a constant level. To regulate body temperature, an organism may need to prevent heat gains in arid enviroments. Animals with a body covered by fur have a limited ability to sweat, relying heavily on panting more than evaporating water across skin through sweat glands for cooling the body temperature.

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