Warming Up
Cold-blooded monarchs have special behavioral adaptations for warming up. Monarchs can bask in the sun and they can shiver. Both adaptations help a monarch raise muscle temperatures to flight threshold.
Basking
Monarchs can bask to
warm their muscles. |
Shivering
Monarchs can shiver to
warm their muscles. |
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| Wayne Kryduba |
Elizabeth Howard |
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