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Elephant's thermostat.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Publication: Natural History Publication Date: 01-FEB-07 Author: Turetsky, Jonathan ; Bonner, John Tyler
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COPYRIGHT 2007 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
I must quibble with the illustration on pages 54 and 55 of John Tyler Bonner's article, "Matters of Size" [11/06]. The gazelle-size elephant wouldn't be able to maintain body temperature without some fur. Likewise, it would lose too much heat through radiation from those big floppy ears. Conversely, the...
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