http://reptilis.net/2009/12/04/bone-histology-says-ectothermic-goats-but-does-it/ The rants and ravings of the webmaster Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://reptilis.net/2009/12/04/bone-histology-says-ectothermic-goats-but-does-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 Are Mammals Cold-Blooded? | CRAZY CREATURES Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:24:26 +0000 http://reptilis.net/?p=462#comment-2374 [...] Researchers have found one mammal that is believed to exhibit ectothermic characteristics, a sheep like creature that went extinct about 5000 years ago. Bones of the Myotragus Balearicus show that its growth rate was related to the food available, similar to reptiles, and not continuous as in warm blooded mammals. However, this study probably doesn’t show enough evidence to class this animal as cold-blooded. A good counter argument can be found here. [...] [...] Researchers have found one mammal that is believed to exhibit ectothermic characteristics, a sheep like creature that went extinct about 5000 years ago. Bones of the Myotragus Balearicus show that its growth rate was related to the food available, similar to reptiles, and not continuous as in warm blooded mammals. However, this study probably doesn’t show enough evidence to class this animal as cold-blooded. A good counter argument can be found here. [...]

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