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What does nitric oxide have to do with a fever?

dr. dolittle | May 24, 2016
Chick image By Markus Koljonen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons New research published in the American Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology shows that bacterial infections increase the production of nitric oxide in chicks, which is similar to what happens in rodents. The increase in nitric oxide is thought to be related to the development of fever. In fact, when nitric oxide production was blocked, thermogenesis was inhibited and infected chicks began to huddle more to increase body temperature. Source: Dantonio V, Batalhão ME, Fernandes…

Snails versus Slugs (and Friends)!

User Image zooillogix | March 27, 2008
We have brought you the outstanding time lapse photography of Mochimochi Land in the past, but these new works are breathtaking. No-holds-barred snail on slug rumpus! "The Great Foot Race!" Friends below the fold Reversible chicken and egg. If only life were so easy. "Beware the Ninjabun...He's covert, sneaky, and hungry!" "The world's fattest butterfly thinks it might be time for a diet. The flowers agree."