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    • Nasal heat exchange in the giraffe and other large mammals. 

      Langman, VA; Maloiy, GMO; Schmidt-Nielsen, K; Schroter, RC (North Holland PublishingDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1979-08)
      The respiratory air of the giraffe is exhaled at temperatures substantially below body core temperature. As a consequence, the water content of the exhaled air is reduced to levels below that in pulmonary air, resulting ...