Adaptaciones a la depredación de Carcharodon carcharias: Adaptación fisiológica rete mirabile

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  • Jesús Ponce Pérez Universidad de Málaga Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.16.187.2024.17896

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  1. C. carcharias is an extraordinary species. In fact, it possesses a very special physiological adaptation that gives it the ability to regulate the internal temperature of its viscera. It regulates its temperature by means of a complex "rete mirabile" heat exchange system that works thanks to a mechanism that, by counter-current, manages to retain the heat generated metabolically instead of losing it to the ambient water.

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2024-07-30

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Ponce Pérez, J. (2024). Adaptaciones a la depredación de Carcharodon carcharias: Adaptación fisiológica rete mirabile. Encuentros En La Biología, 16(187), 24–26. https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.16.187.2024.17896

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