沙漠的肌肉和移动能力十分出色
Nancy A Curtin1, Hattie L A Bartlam-Brooks2, Tatjana Y Hubel2
1Structure & Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, UK. ncurtin@rvc.ac.uk.
Nature
|October 26, 2018
概括
在干旱的环境中, 它们的肌肉效率是最大限度地减少迁徙过程中的热量,
科学领域:
- 动物学
- 生理学
- 生物力学
背景情况:
- 大型哺乳动物在干旱地区迁移很长的距离,
- 对于陆地迁徙者来说,移动的能源成本 (运输成本) 非常重要,比飞行或游泳要高得多.
- 增加身体尺寸和肢体长度通常会降低陆地动物的运输成本.
研究的目的:
- 研究蓝色 (Connochaetes taurinus) 的生理适应性,使其能够在炎热干旱的环境中长途旅行.
- 为了比较蓝色野牛的肌肉效率和养牛的肌肉效率,
主要方法:
- 用GPS跟踪项圈和环境传感器来监测鼠的行为和旅行.
- 分析了在周期性收缩期间的力量和劳动生产效率.
- 在肌肉纤维中测量了同度收缩的能量成本,以模拟温度调节的挑战.
主要成果:
- 蓝色野兽在五天内旅行了80公里, 主要是在白天.
- 野生动物的运动在很大程度上不受温度和湿度的影响,并观察到一些行为温度调节.
- 与家养牛肌肉相比,野牛肌肉的效率显著提高 (62.6%),有助于最大限度地减少热量产生.
结论:
- 在炎热干旱条件下长期迁徙时, 高肌肉效率是最大限度地减少温度调节挑战的关键适应.
- 这些发现突出了大型哺乳动物在极端环境中生存的生理策略.
- 这项研究提供了关于动物迁徙的生物力学和能量学的见解.
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