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What characteristics do birds have that make them different from reptiles?
Birds are warm-blooded and have a high metabolic rate, walk with their legs directly beneath the body, and have a soft covering of feathers, rather than scales, over most of the body. By contrast reptiles are cold blooded with a low metabolic rate and walk with their legs out to the side (apart from snakes and legless lizards). In all, these traits of birds are actually more like those of mammals even though birds, as descendants of dinosaurs, are more closely related to modern reptiles.
What adaptations enable birds to live in environments that are colder than those typically supporting reptiles?
Unlike reptiles, birds are endothermic. They also have feathers, which conserve heat.
Why do mammals lose more heat energy than reptiles?
Mammals have higher metabolic rates than reptiles, which means they generate more heat internally. This excess heat needs to be released to maintain a stable internal temperature, so mammals lose more heat energy through mechanisms like sweating, panting, and shivering. Reptiles have lower metabolic rates and can rely on external sources of heat, like the sun, to regulate their body temperature.
Why do boys have a greater metabolic rate than girls?
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Are birds more related to lizards than turtles?
In terms of lineage, yes. Birds are descended from dinosaurs, which, along with lizards, belong to a group of reptiles called diapsids. Turtles come from a separate group of reptiles called anapsids.
Why do reptiles and birds have so much in common?
The most similar thing about birds and reptiles is that they both lay eggs. However, it is important to note that not all reptiles lay eggs. There are many species of snakes and lizards which do not lay eggs, but instead give birth to live young.
Are animals related to birds?
Birds are more closely related to reptiles than they are to mammals. Birds, reptiles, and mammals all belong to a group of vertebrates called amniotes, which split off from amphibians. Amniotes split into two groups soon after they evolved: true reptiles and synapsids. Mammals are the only living synapsids today. Dinosaurs branched off from the reptiles and birds then evolved from the dinosaurs.
Is a utahraptor a reptile?
Technically yes. Utahraptors are classified as dinosaurs and therefore reptiles. However they had more in common with birds than with modern reptiles.
Why do birds and reptiles need more yolk than mammals?
because unlike mammals they are fed on milk and of course they are warm blooded therfore they need more enery they need more energy to keep their body temperature higher im not intierly sure
When is resting metabolic rate higher than resting metabolic rate?
wait that would be the same question just asked twice. the answer would be never because it is resting
Does fat have a higher metabolic rate than muscle?
No, fat does not have a higher metabolic rate than muscle. Muscle tissue is more metabolically active than fat tissue, meaning it burns more calories at rest. This is why individuals with a higher muscle mass tend to have a higher overall metabolic rate compared to those with more body fat.
Why do humans and birds have a more advanced type of heart than fish amphibians and reptiles?
fish,amphibians, and reptiles are water creatures, so when they beathe water cleans their air supply, which makes their imune system weak air beathers are used to pollution which means they have a stronger immune system.
