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A student visiting a game park observed an adult elephant flapping its ears twice as much as its calf in order to cool its body when it is hot. Explain.

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The surface area to volume ratio is higher in calves; hence adults retain more heat than the calves hence need to have other ways to lose heat./ the surface area to volume ratio is lower in adults than in calves; hence calves lose more heat than adults.
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