Re: birding-aus Birds and heat loss

[Anne & Roger Green <>]

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Martin O'Brien wrote:
  Does anyone remember the footage on a Attenborough documentary of
> desert dwellers with a lizard that lifted alternate feet when standing on
> the hot desert sands?

I certainly do. This would imply that birds' apparent unconcern in
similar situations is a more 'advanced' evolutionary stage but I'm
blowed if I can see how burning one's feet off on a hot stove or in hot
water can be a survival characteristic!
Anne

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