Oct 22, 2015 06:20 PM
http://www.enn.com/climate/article/49092
EXCERPT: On hot, humid days, you might jump into water to cool down, but for the tiny mangrove rivulus fish, cooling down means jumping out of water [...] In the study published today in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers describe how these fish air-chill themselves on solid ground in order to drop their body temperatures. The researchers also found that fish exposed to higher temperatures for a week tolerated warmer water better. The fish jump out of the water to escape rising temperatures, said integrative biology professor Pat Wright, senior author of the study.
“If the fish are prevented from jumping out of the water, they would die,” she said. “The water evaporates off the fish and they cool down their body temperatures slightly. It only takes about a couple seconds for the fish to start to cool down....”
EXCERPT: On hot, humid days, you might jump into water to cool down, but for the tiny mangrove rivulus fish, cooling down means jumping out of water [...] In the study published today in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers describe how these fish air-chill themselves on solid ground in order to drop their body temperatures. The researchers also found that fish exposed to higher temperatures for a week tolerated warmer water better. The fish jump out of the water to escape rising temperatures, said integrative biology professor Pat Wright, senior author of the study.
“If the fish are prevented from jumping out of the water, they would die,” she said. “The water evaporates off the fish and they cool down their body temperatures slightly. It only takes about a couple seconds for the fish to start to cool down....”
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