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SUBMITTER: Freeman MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7403380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freeman M T MT Czenze Z J ZJ Schoeman K K McKechnie A E AE
Scientific reports 20200804 1
The thermal tolerances of vertebrates are generally restricted to body temperatures below 45-47 °C, and avian and mammalian critical thermal maxima seldom exceed 46 °C. We investigated thermoregulation at high air temperatures in the red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea), an African passerine bird that occurs in flocks sometimes numbering millions of individuals. Our data reveal this species can increase its body temperature to extremely high levels: queleas exposed to air temperature > 45 °C increa ...[more]