● `color{violet}("Mammals")` from `color{violet}("colder climates")` generally have `color{violet}("shorter ears")` and `color{violet}("limbs")` to `color{violet}("minimise heat loss")`. (This is called the `color{Brown}("Allen’s Rule")`.)
● In the `color{violet}("polar seas aquatic mammals")` like seals have a thick layer of fat (blubber) below their skin that acts as an `color{violet}("insulator")` and `color{violet}("reduces")` loss of `color{violet}("body heat.")`
`color{brown}("Altitude Sickness:")`
● Some organisms possess `color{violet}("adaptations")` that are `color{violet}("physiological")` which allow them to respond quickly to a `color{violet}("stressful situation.")`
● When travelling to `color{violet}("any high altitude place")` (> 3,500m Rohtang Pass near Manali and Mansarovar, in China occupied Tibet) you must have experienced what is called `color{violet}("altitude sickness.")`
● Its `color{violet}("symptoms")` include `color{violet}("nausea, fatigue")` and `color{violet}("heart palpitations.")`
● This is because in the low atmospheric pressure of `color{violet}("high altitudes,")` the body does not get `color{violet}("enough oxygen.")`
● But, gradually you get acclimatised and stop experiencing `color{violet}("altitude sickness.")`
● The body compensates `color{violet}("low oxygen availability")` by `color{violet}("increasing red blood cell production, decreasing the binding capacity of hemoglobin")` and by `color{violet}("increasing breathing rate")`.
● `color{violet}("Mammals")` from `color{violet}("colder climates")` generally have `color{violet}("shorter ears")` and `color{violet}("limbs")` to `color{violet}("minimise heat loss")`. (This is called the `color{Brown}("Allen’s Rule")`.)
● In the `color{violet}("polar seas aquatic mammals")` like seals have a thick layer of fat (blubber) below their skin that acts as an `color{violet}("insulator")` and `color{violet}("reduces")` loss of `color{violet}("body heat.")`
`color{brown}("Altitude Sickness:")`
● Some organisms possess `color{violet}("adaptations")` that are `color{violet}("physiological")` which allow them to respond quickly to a `color{violet}("stressful situation.")`
● When travelling to `color{violet}("any high altitude place")` (> 3,500m Rohtang Pass near Manali and Mansarovar, in China occupied Tibet) you must have experienced what is called `color{violet}("altitude sickness.")`
● Its `color{violet}("symptoms")` include `color{violet}("nausea, fatigue")` and `color{violet}("heart palpitations.")`
● This is because in the low atmospheric pressure of `color{violet}("high altitudes,")` the body does not get `color{violet}("enough oxygen.")`
● But, gradually you get acclimatised and stop experiencing `color{violet}("altitude sickness.")`
● The body compensates `color{violet}("low oxygen availability")` by `color{violet}("increasing red blood cell production, decreasing the binding capacity of hemoglobin")` and by `color{violet}("increasing breathing rate")`.