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Re: can of worms
-----Original Message--From: Dave (as "Colette H. Adams") Date: 30 March
1998 09:16
While there's a lot I don't understand about thermoregulation, for what it's
worth, I generally agreed with what you said. However, I feel . . .
> . . . the air temperature must be higher than the animal's body
temperature for heat to flow into it. <
may be misleading in the case where an animal is sunbathing in cold air
(consider alpine marmots).
John V Jackson jjackson@interalpha.co.uk
"When I hear the word *chimera*, I reach for my champagne!"