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1、托福作文写作范文详解ReadingEndothermsareanimalssuchasmodernbirdsandmammalsthatkeeptheirbodytemperaturesconstant.Forinstance,humansareendothermsandmaintainaninternaltemperatureof37oCznomatterwhethertheenvironmentiswarmorcold.Becausedinosaurswerereptiles,andmodernreptilesarenotendothermszitwaslongassumedthatdin
2、osaurswerenotendotherms.However,dinosaursdifferinmanywaysfrommodemreptiles,andthereisnowconsiderableevidencethatdinosaurswerezinfactzendotherms.PolardinosaursOnereasonforbelievingthatdinosaurswereendothermsisthatdinosaurfossilshavebeendiscoveredinpolarregions.Onlyanimalsthatcanmaintainatemperaturewe
3、llabovethatofthesurroundingenvironmentcouldbeactiveinsuchcoldclimates.LegpositionandmovementThereisaconnectionbetweenendothermyandthepositionandmovementofthelegs.Thephysiologyofendothermyallowssustainedphysicalactivity,suchasrunning.Butrunningisefficientonlyifananimalslegsarepositionedunderneathitsb
4、ody,notatthebodyssidezastheyareforcrocodilesandmanylizards.Thelegsofallmodernendothermsareunderneaththebody,andsowerethelegsofdinosaurs.Thisstronglysuggeststhatdinosaurswereendotherms.HaversiancanalsThereisalsoaconnectionbetweenendothermyandbonestructure.Thebonesofendothermsusuallyincludestructuresc
5、alledHaversiancanals.Thesecanalshousenervesandbloodvesselsthatallowthelivinganimaltogrowquicklyzandrapidbodygrowthisinfactacharacteristicofendothermy.ThepresenceofHaversiancanalsinboneisastrongindicatorthattheanimalisanendotherm,andfossilizedbonesofdinosaursareusuallydensewithHaversiancanals.Listeni
6、ngProfessor:Manyscientistshaveproblemswiththeargumentsyoureadinthepassage.Theydontthinkthoseargumentsprovethatdinosaurswereendotherms.Takethepolardinosaurargument.Whendinosaurslived,eventhepolarregions,wheredinosaurfossilshavebeenfound,weremuchwarmerthantoday,warmenoughduringpartoftheyearforanimalst
7、hatwerenotendothermstolive.Andduringthemonthswhenthepolarregionswerecoldztheso-calledpolardinosaurscouldhavemigratedtowarmerareasorhibernatedlikemanymodernreptilesdo.Sothepresenceofdinosaurfossilsinpolarregionsdoesntprovethedinosaurswereendotherms.Wellzwhataboutthefactthatdinosaurshavetheirlegsplace
8、dundertheirbodies,notouttothesidelikecrocodiles.Thatdoesntnecessarilymeandinosaurswerehigh-energyendothermsbuiltforrunning.Thereisanotherexplanationforhavinglegsunderthebody.Thisbodystructuresupportsmoreweightsowiththelegsundertheirbodies,dinosaurscangrowtoaverylargesize.Beinglargehadadvantagesfordi
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