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2. Consider a lizard and a bird, each of 20g body mass and each with optimal body temperature of 40°C. Discuss in detail the thermoregulatory strategies (physiologic and behavioural) they employ to survive the SoCal winter (minimum night temp 2°C, maximum day temp 10°C) and summer (minimum night temp 25°C, peak day temp 50°C). Remember that these ambient temperatures are reported for shade! For each species, draw a graph how the body temperature and metabolic rate change over the course of 24 hours in each season.
What if one of Dr O’s six-footer Komodo dragons got loose and went on the lam on CSUSB campus? How would its thermoregulation differ from that of the 20g lizard? (assume same optimal temperature)