When a bird ruffles its feathers in response to heat stress it
a. permits convective currents to carry heat away from the body surface.
b. permits exchange of air with 100% humidity for air with lower humidity, enabling evaporative cooling to occur.
c. both of these.
d. neither of these.
C
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