Given unlimited food, a shrew should continue to drop its temperature on cold nights.

a. true
b. false


Ans: b. false
(Shrews drop their body temperature on cold nights to save energy. If shrews can access unlimited supply of food, they could afford to spend the extra energy needed to produce enough heat to thermoregulate on cold nights.)

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