Bellringer:  Why are an African Elephant’s ears so big?

Daily Objective:  By the end of class today you should be able to recognize adaptations that animals and plants make in order to survive in their biome

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Infrared image of an elephant Author/Photographer/Artist: Coen Boonen/ Arno Vlooswiik Uploaded: :02:53 Accessed: :54:32 "Elephants, too, have huge ears relative to body size, and they are also used for temperature regulation. It has been shown that blood passing through the ears of an African elephant may lose as much as 9˚C of heat, a valuable cooling device in the hot African summer. To increase the effect, elephants spray their ears with water, and flap them to create cooling air currents." (Foy and Oxford Scientific Films 1982:170)

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