Quote: Northern cold - Beer Can raises his in upstate New York, others have commented as well, including anecdotes of the NNs actually seeming MORE comfortable in the snow/cold (oddly) than the fully feathered members of the same flock. (I cannot comment on Canadian cold...)
Quote: This paper also notes that due to better thermoregulation, their appetites are less suppressed by the heat. (The NaNa birds also had longer keels as well.) Interestingly, there is a significant benefit with regard to strength of the immune system - they propose that this may explain why they are more resistant to Cocci...
- Ant Farm
Edit to add - the "hot" temperatures for this paper were between 83 and 90F. Yeah, right, "hot".![]()
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