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Pant cycle. Pant cycling, a previously undescribed behavior, was consistently observed during panting behavior. Pant cycling and its constituent behaviors result in the wetting of the mouth, providing a mechanistic view of the process by which saliva is replenished for evaporative cooling.
Novel approaches for assessing acclimatization in birds reveal seasonal changes in peripheral heat exchange and thermoregulatory behaviors
Journal of Experimental Biology 2023. 226:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.245772