Adaptations of the elephant to hot environment
- Large ears increase surface area for heat loss
- Vasodilatation in the ear when hot increase blood flow to the skin surface increasing heat loss
- Fan their ears to increase airflow over their skin to lose heat faster
- Thick skin prevent them from being sun burned or overheating
- Walk slowly to prevent generation of large amount of heat
- Wrinkled skin increases surface area to heat loss also wrinkles trap moisture, which then takes longer to evaporate keeping the body cool
- collect the water in their trunks and, as the name suggests, spray it all over their bodies.
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