Describe the behavioural adaptations of animals to temperature

      

Describe the behavioural adaptations of animals to temperature

  

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Kavungya
– By keeping their mouth open/panting; to lose heat over surface area of the tongue by evaporation;
-Basking; to gain heat by conduction;
- Shivering; to generate heat through increased metabolism;
- Physical activity (e.g. running); to generate heat through metabolism;
- Hibernation; to increase metabolism;
- Putting on warm clothes when it is cold; to retain the heat energy;
- Reduction of physical activity; to reduce the metabolic rate;
- Migratory behaviour to cooler environment; to reduce the body temperature;
- Moving into water when it is hot; to cool the body;
- Staying around fire place; to gain heat by convection;
- Taking hot drinks; to warm the body;
Kavungya answered the question on June 17, 2019 at 08:04


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