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Environmental Education: Academia's Response Environmental Education: Academia's Response

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Authors
J.L. Aldrich, E.J. Kormondy, C. L. Douglas

The functional significance of movements and positions of the pinnae of the African Elephant, Loxodonta africana The functional significance of movements and positions of the pinnae of the African Elephant, Loxodonta africana

Observations of wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Uganda indicated that flapping and spreading the highly vascularized ears are probably important functions for heat dissipation. Ear flapping increased as ambient temperatures rose and decreased or ceased during cold or rainy weather. Rate of ear flapping was inversely related to wind velocity. Spreading the ears reduced ear...
Authors
I.O. Buss, James A. Estes
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