Behavioral Thermoregulation

question 255

Multiple Choice

Behavioral thermoregulation

• A) occurs only in ectotherms.
• B) allows ectotherms to regulate body temperature when their system for internal metabolic heat production fails.
• C) occurs only in endotherms.
• D) allows ectotherms to have body temperatures different from environmental temperatures.
• E) includes huddling by endotherms at high temperatures.

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