Which outcome rapidly dissipates heat in pinnipeds resting on land at temperatures approaching their upper critical limit?

💡 Explanation

Increased blood flow through peripheral vasodilation cools pinnipeds because it releases heat via convection from highly vascularized skin. This cools them at high temperatures, rather than insulates them with blubber or warms core with heat generation, or conserve heat with countercurrent exchange.

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