Urohydrosis

Urohydrosis

Urohydrosis (sometimes misspelt "urohidrosis") is the habit in some birds of releasing feces or urine onto the scaly portions of the leg as a cooling mechanism, using evaporative cooling of the fluids. Storks and New World vultures exhibit this behaviour. [Citation | last = Sibley | first = Charles G. | author-link = Charles Sibley | last2 = Ahlquist | first2 = Jon E. | author2-link = Jon Ahlquist | title = Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution | publication-date = 1991 | publisher = Yale University Press | pages = 513 | isbn = 0-300-04085-7 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=cfjAvuxL-9wC&pg=PA513&dq=urohidrosis&sig=f-pfL13cKlDrBiw-VjW6PM82mgU
accessdate = 2007-09-09] [cite web | title = California Condors Cool Facts | author Ventana Wildlife Society | format = html | url = http://www.ventanaws.org/species_condors_coolfacts/| accessdate = 2007-08-14]

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