Wildlife in Egypt - Types of Egyptian Animals
smallest reptile :: Article Creator Who's The Smallest Of Them All? Meet The World's Amazing Tiniest Creatures In the 19th century, the German zoologist Christian Bergmann pondered a simple question: why are some animals so small? His answer, that a warm-blooded animal's size increases as its habitat cools, remains a rule in biology to this day. "Bergmann pointed out that smaller species tend to live in warmer climes. This pattern is to do with surface area and volume: smaller animals lose heat faster and struggle to maintain their body temperature when it is very cold," says Dr Simon Loader, the principal curator of vertebrates at the Natural History Museum. "Whatever the reasons, these small species are fascinating," he says. With much of life on Earth still unknown, scientists are discovering new tiny organisms every year, redefining what is considered the smallest of their kind – and some claims about who is...