Body heat dinosaurs higher than any other animal

A recent study opened the door, explaining the long-standing secret of dinosaurs: This is an animal with extremely high body temperature, unlike their siblings who are cold-blooded reptiles. Because of this, dinosaurs only grow in size within a limited range.

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Scientists have spent many years on dinosaur hypothesis. It has been suggested that dinosaurs resemble reptiles, have a cold body temperature, but many other theories suggest that dinosaurs, like mammals and birds, have warm bodies.

Animals with a warm body temperature will be able to change the body temperature in accordance with the environment, while cold-body animals are highly influenced by ambient temperature.

A recent hypothesis has been suggested that crocodiles, turtles, Indonesian lizards and dinosaurs all exist under the mechanism of self-transformation to keep the body warm . Their body temperature is usually several degrees higher than the ambient temperature.

This ability allows them to conduct heat and retain heat in the body, through metabolism and movement. For animals with large bodies, their mass makes this process easier. For example, an elephant will lose heat more slowly than a mouse.

The researchers investigated the dinosaur growth process based on recent claims about their slowest and fastest growth rates over time, then included this information in the processor of the machine. calculate to estimate their body temperature.

The results of this study have shown that there are about 7 types of animals whose body temperature increases with body size, and that the dinosaurs, with their largest size, also follow this mechanism.

A small dinosaur weighing about 12kg will have a temperature of about 25 degrees Celsius , which is equivalent to the ambient temperature at the time, and like most other reptiles. But the largest dinosaur, with a mass of about 60 tons, according to scientists estimates, has an average body temperature of up to 45 degrees Celsius, surpassing the permissible temperature for the body of any animal. . And this is the reason that dinosaurs cannot continue to grow body size.

Adult dinosaurs will have a warmer body when they are young. A 300kg dinosaur will have a temperature increase of approximately 3 degrees Celsius compared to immature dinosaurs.