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Discovery

Tree-hugging behavior beats the heat

Pages 33-35 | Received 22 Jul 2014, Accepted 08 Aug 2014, Published online: 01 Dec 2014

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Figure 1. Thermal image of a koala hugging the cool lower trunk of an Acacia mernsii tree during hot weather; by resting against the coolest part of the tree koalas can reduce how much heat they need to lose by evaporative cooling (photo: Steve Griffiths, reproduced fromCitation1).

Figure 1. Thermal image of a koala hugging the cool lower trunk of an Acacia mernsii tree during hot weather; by resting against the coolest part of the tree koalas can reduce how much heat they need to lose by evaporative cooling (photo: Steve Griffiths, reproduced fromCitation1).