AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Animals pant to?
A
Get rid of excess body heat
B
Keep excess body fat
C
Keep warm
D
Prevent eyes from getting dry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rapidly expelling hot air and drawing in cooler air is known as panting. When the cool air comes in contact with the moist lining of the lungs and throat, it helps the animal reduce its body temperature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Like cats and dogs, horses’ main cooling mechanism is panting, and Black Beauty’s long snout helps a lot with that process. Unlike cats and dogs, though, they also regulate body temperature with sweat. “Humans are not the only species that sweats, but it’s the kind of sweat that we have, ” explains Kamberov.

Detailed explanation-3: -Evaporation removes heat and can act as a cooling mechanism. For instance, many mammals can activate mechanisms like sweating and panting to increase evaporative cooling in response to high body temperature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Panting is a controlled increase in respiratory frequency accompanied by a decrease in tidal volume, the purpose of which is to increase ventilation of the upper respiratory tract, preserve alveolar ventilation, and thereby elevate evaporative heat loss.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mammals and birds are called endotherms. An endotherm is an animal that can control its internal body temperature. Endotherms’ body temperature is usually much warmer than the temperature of the environment and usually stays about the same temperature.

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