Bulk endotherms

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Bulk endotherms are endotherms (animals that are warmer than their environments) due to sheer size rather than any special adaptations like those of birds and mammals. An example of a bulk endotherm includes Brachiosaurus[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paul, Gregory S. (July 1988). "Physiological, Migratorial, Climatological, Geophysical, Survival, and Evolutionary Implications of Cretaceous Polar Dinosaurs". Journal of Paleontology (Paleontological Society) 62 (4): 640–652. JSTOR 1305468. 


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