Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬The strange #animals that control their #bodyheat
Body of research suggests many more animals than scientists once appreciated employ this flexible approach—#heterothermy—varying body temperature for minutes, hours, or weeks at a time. This may help the animals to persist through all sorts of dangers.
#Homeothermy is known to exist among myriad species of mammals and birds. The body temperature of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, can fluctuate by nearly 25°C over a single day.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/the-strange-animals-that-control-their-body-heat/
Body of research suggests many more animals than scientists once appreciated employ this flexible approach—#heterothermy—varying body temperature for minutes, hours, or weeks at a time. This may help the animals to persist through all sorts of dangers.
#Homeothermy is known to exist among myriad species of mammals and birds. The body temperature of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, can fluctuate by nearly 25°C over a single day.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/the-strange-animals-that-control-their-body-heat/
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