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Lithophagy Prolongs Voluntary Dives in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
Many vertebrates ingest stones, but the function of this behavior is not fully understood. We tested the hypothesis that lithophagy increases the duration of voluntary dives in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). After ingestion of granite stones equivalent to 2.5% of body wei...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7671140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/oby008 |