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- Glands remove salt: penguins
- Metabolism slows when food is scarce: hummingbird
- Cells manage monovalent ions: fish
- Adaptations allow ingestion of salt water: loons
- Pouch dissipates heat: pelican
- Gular fluttering dissipates heat: nightjars
- Torpor conserves energy: common poorwill
- Changes enable hibernation: hedgehog
- Hibernator survives low food supply: basking shark
- Large ears aid cooling: elephant
- Internal thermostat regulates temperature: skunk cabbage
- Mechanisms help thermoregulation: bumblebees
- Varying response thresholds aid hive thermoregulation: honeybee
- Coat changes with the seasons: rock squirrel
- Liver survives cold temperatures: squirrel
- Respiration rate allows survival in low oxygen: epaulette shark
- Pressure assists blood circulation: giraffe
- Membranes desalinate water: mangrove
- Fish thrives in freshwater and seawater: Atlantic salmon
- Hibernator survives cold: tenrec
- Cryptobiosis protects from extremes: water bear
- Alkaline surfaces volatilize ammonia: loach
- Tubes help cool muscles, transport gases: insects
- Embryos survive without oxygen: killifish
- Large ears used to cool off: jackrabbit
- Mast cells reduce inflammation: mammals
- Underhairs provide insulation: Merino sheep
- Intestine osmoregulates: marine teleosts
- Wing scales aid thermoregulation: green birdwing butterfly
- Sweating aids thermoregulation: mammals
- Plasma maintains salt balance: crab-eating frog
- Membranes maintain salt balance: crab-eating frog
- Glands excrete excess salt: mangrove
- Old leaves help remove excess salt: mangrove
- Transport system prevents spread of embolisms: conifers
- Sensing and sharing information: neurons
- Exoskeletons excrete nitrogen waste: woodlice
- Blood vessels regulate temperature: vertebrates
- Carotid rete cools brain: Thomson's gazelle
- Lingual rete precools blood: gray whale
- Digestive solution removes excess algae: giant clam
- Managing high temperatures: tenrecs
- Saliva regulates digestion: Gila monster
- Trees have extreme longevity: bristlecone pine
- Immune system is fortified: animals
- Skin fine-tunes internal temperature: African elephant
- Vascular lining helps maintain body temperature: leatherback sea turtle
- Body buffers thermal variations: sea star
- Neural circuits compensate for temperature variation: cold-blooded animals
- Biological processes continue at glacial temperatures: ice worm
- Hot spots cool and heat: Brazilian free-tailed bat
- Head structures absorb shock: golden-fronted woodpecker
- Foreleg licking cools skin: red kangaroo
- Turrets ventilate nest: leaf-cutting ant
- Panting cools blood: reindeer
- Skin incorporates chloroplasts: sea slug
- Bill used as heat exchanger for thermoregulation: toco toucan
- Transmembrane protein takes the temperature: bacillus
- Glands of remove salt: gulls
- Salt balance is maintained: pufferfish
- Transport proteins respond to nutrient concentration: Aspergillus nidulans fungus
