Climate change is causing some animals to “shape shift” and grow larger extremities such as beaks, ears and tails, an Australian review of global scientific research has revealed, as the creatures adapt to hotter temperatures. | perkinsmiki
Climate change is causing some animals to “shape shift” and grow larger extremities such as beaks, ears and tails, an Australian review of global scientific research has revealed, as the creatures adapt to hotter temperatures.
“One of the most surprising and alarming aspects of this research is that the climate change humans have caused is forcing animals to make drastic changes over a short period of time.” North American dark-eyed juncos, a small songbird, also had a link between increased bill size and short-term temperature extremes in cold environments.There have also been reported changes in mammalian species, including tail length increases in wood mice, and tail and leg size increases in masked shrews. Animals can divert blood flow to non-insulated appendages such as beaks, ears and legs to shed excess body heat.
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