PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

Physiological Adaptations

Physiological Adaptations Of Animal's Body

This paper discusses adaptations of animals to body temperatures below freezing and for this purpose we will focus on penguins. Well partly right, plumage work on land, but in the water where penguins spend rather a bit of their lives, they're not so valuable. What actually holds penguins moderately hot in the ocean is a sub-cutaneous (posh way of saying under-the-skin) level of fat. This fat layer also serves as a precious power store as we will see later.

This fat layer is the best form of interior insulation yet developed by mother nature - and ...