Species That Use Torpor More Vulnerable to Warming Temperatures (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Species That Use Torpor More Vulnerable to Warming Temperatures

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The study showed that species that use torpor, a temporary way of slowing metabolism and lowering body temperature, were more sensitive to warming temperatures, the opposite of what scientists expected. One such species is the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus.

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Natalie van Hoose/Florida Museum of Natural History

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