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Bathing Hippo
In the photo, one of many ways animals regulate their body temperature is on display. The hippo is bathing in water in order to stay cool on a hot day. Bathing is an evaporative mechanism that many animals utilize. Additional ways animals control heat exchange with the environment include insulation, circulation, countercurrent heat exchange, evaporation, behavior, long-term behavior, and metabolism. The photo was taken at the Denver Zoo.
Photo credit: Neil Royx
Bathing Hippo
In the photo, one of many ways animals regulate their body temperature is on display. The hippo is bathing in water in order to stay cool on a hot day. Bathing is an evaporative mechanism that many animals utilize. Additional ways animals control heat exchange with the environment include insulation, circulation, countercurrent heat exchange, evaporation, behavior, long-term behavior, and metabolism. The photo was taken at the Denver Zoo.
Photo credit: Neil Royx