Taking the heat: Asian elephants simply 'ride out' high daytime heat load

Friday, September 30, 2011 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are published in the current issue of the international Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

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