Consider a lizard and a bird, each of 35g body mass and each with optimal body temperature of 35°C. For each species, draw graphs how its body temperature changes over the course of 24 hours on (i) a cloudy day, and (ii) a sunny day, during SoCal winter (minimum night temp 2°C, maximum day temp 10°C) and summer (minimum night temp 25°C, peak day temp 45°C). Remember that ambient temperatures are always reported for shade. Discuss in detail various heat loss and gain mechanisms (physiologic and behavioural) available to each species which help to explain your graphs. What if one of Dr O's 35kg alligators got loose and started prowling the CSUSB campus? Assuming the same optimal body temperature, how would the alligator's thermoregulation in winter season differ from that of the 35g lizard? How might the gator's thermoregulatory strategy differ before and after it ate the dean? (Alligators regularly devour prey larger than themselves.)

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Consider a lizard and a bird, each of 35g body mass and each with optimal body
temperature of 35°C. For each species, draw graphs how its body temperature changes
over the course of 24 hours on (i) a cloudy day, and (ii) a sunny day, during SoCal winter
(minimum night temp 2°C, maximum day temp 10°C) and summer (minimum night temp
25°C, peak day temp 45°C). Remember that ambient temperatures are always reported
for shade. Discuss in detail various heat loss and gain mechanisms (physiologic and
behavioural) available to each species which help to explain your graphs.
What if one of Dr O's 35kg alligators got loose and started prowling the CSUSB
campus? Assuming the same optimal body temperature, how would the alligator's
thermoregulation in winter season differ from that of the 35g lizard? How might the
gator's thermoregulatory strategy differ before and after it ate the dean? (Alligators
regularly devour prey larger than themselves.)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a lizard and a bird, each of 35g body mass and each with optimal body temperature of 35°C. For each species, draw graphs how its body temperature changes over the course of 24 hours on (i) a cloudy day, and (ii) a sunny day, during SoCal winter (minimum night temp 2°C, maximum day temp 10°C) and summer (minimum night temp 25°C, peak day temp 45°C). Remember that ambient temperatures are always reported for shade. Discuss in detail various heat loss and gain mechanisms (physiologic and behavioural) available to each species which help to explain your graphs. What if one of Dr O's 35kg alligators got loose and started prowling the CSUSB campus? Assuming the same optimal body temperature, how would the alligator's thermoregulation in winter season differ from that of the 35g lizard? How might the gator's thermoregulatory strategy differ before and after it ate the dean? (Alligators regularly devour prey larger than themselves.)
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