Explain why it would be impossible for a gorilla the size of King...

Question

Explain why it would be impossible for a gorilla the size of King Kong to have fur. (Your answer should explain how the surface area to volume ratio of a normal-sized gorilla would compare to Kong's; relate this to the role of surface area and volume in heat generation and heat transfer, and consider the function of fur.)

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So today we have a very short video. So let's jump straight into this question. So which of the following will not help animals survive in a cold environment. So let's just jump straight into the answer choices beginning by answer choice. A thick for Well the thick four is going to be this external feature that allows animals to be kept warm. So this is definitely going to help them survive in a cold environment. So since we're looking for the feature that will not help them, we're going to cancel this out. And we have subdermal fatty layer. Well this fatty layer that is under the skin is going to allow animals to be kept warm. It's going to be insulating. So it is definitely going to help them and we're going to also cancel them out. Then we have this shivering thermogenesis. If you do not understand what this term means, let me help you break it down thermal genesis. Well, these were these prefixed thermo means heat and genesis means creation. So this is shivering. Thermogenesis is the creation of heat via shivering mechanisms. So when we shiver, we usually do it in order to create heat when we're very cold. This is definitely going to help animals survive in a cold environment. So we're going to cancel it out as well. Finally we have the large surface area exposed to the air. This will not actually help animals survive in the cold as well because if we have a large surface area that is exposed to this very cold air. It is going to be affected by it in a larger sense than animals that have a very small surface area exposed to this very cold air. Because of this, this is going to be the final answer to our question, and we're going to select it. Thank you very much for sticking around until the end of this video, and I really hope this helped you.

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