Which physiological outcome arises when a mammal with limited brown fat experiences prolonged shivering in extreme cold?

💡 Explanation

When shivering is prolonged in extreme cold with limited brown fat, shivering thermogenesis becomes unsustainable leading to hypothermia because energy expenditure exceeds heat generation, precipitating dangerous metabolic acidosis. Therefore metabolic acidosis results, rather than glucose toxicity, vasodilation or leptin increase which require different hormonal and circulatory balances..

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