- Urohidrosis
File Ciconia ciconia Tsavo East National Park, Kenya 8.jpg right thumb A White Stork in Tsavo East National Park , Kenya. The lower parts of its legs are covered with whitish droppings Urohidrosis sometimes spelled urohydrosis ref cite book author Elliott, A. year 1992 chapter Family Ciconiidae Storks title Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1. editor del Hoyo, J A. Elliott, J. Sargatal publisher Lynx Edicions, Barcelona pages 441 449 ref is the habit in some birds of defecation defecating onto the scaly portions of the legs as a cooling mechanism, using evaporative cooling of the fluids. Several species of stork s and New World vulture s exhibit this behaviour. ref 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 year 1990 ref ref cite web title California Condors Cool Facts Ventana Wildlife Society url http www.ventanaws.org species condors coolfacts accessdate 2007 08 14 ref Birds droppings consist of faeces and urine, which are excreted together through the cloaca . The term is also used to describe the analogous behaviour in Pinniped seals that cool themselves while basking by urinating on their hind flippers. ref cite journal title Thermoregulatory Behavior of Eared Seals author Gentry, Roger L. journal Behaviour volume 46 issue 1&2 year 1973 pages 73 93 ref Hidrosis is the medical term for sweat ing from Greek language Ancient Greek , ref cite book last Brown first Lesley, ed. title New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary year 1993 publisher Oxford University Press page 1231 isbn 0 19 861271 0 ref and the word urohidrosis was coined by M. P. Kahl in 1963 ref name kahl cite journal author Kahl, M.P. year 196 ... more details
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