Postural, pilo-erective and evaporative thermal windows of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0495
Abstract: We identify for wild, free-living short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) a novel evaporative window, along with thermal windows, and demonstrate the insulating properties of the spines, using infrared thermography. The moist tip of their beak, with… read more here.
Keywords: pilo erective; postural pilo; thermal windows; tachyglossus aculeatus ... See more keywords