Sentences with phrase «humans and other mammals cool»

Muggy heat is more oppressive than the «dry» kind, because humans and other mammals cool down by sweating; sweat evaporates off the skin into the air, taking the excess heat with it.

Not exact matches

Like other mammals, the platypus secretes milk through its skin to feed offspring and is warm - blooded — though its body temperature is nine degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) cooler than that of a human.
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