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Australian echidnas cool themselves with their snot bubbles

Australian echidnas do not tolerate heat very well. Yet they manage to hold their own in a torrid climate.

As temperatures rise, Australian echidnas keep themselves cool by blowing snot-like bubbles from their noses. In Biology Letters using infrared images, two biologists from Perth show …

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