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Between amphibians and birds which will be able to cope with global warming ? Give reason.

Amphibians have moist skin which require cool and moist climate to grow and reproduce and they have jelly like unshelled eggs which are sensitive to high temperatures where as birds have normal skin covered with feathers and their eggs are covered with hard shell which are not sensitive to high temperatures, that is why amphibians are not able to cop up with the global warming better than birds.  

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Amphibians will not be able to cope up with global warming because they are highly sensitive to temperature. Frogs are cold blooded animals. That means they don't have a definite body temperature & they have to maintain preferred body temperature according to the alternations in outside environment. Also, amphibians don't have thick skin & their eggs are without shells making their entire life cycle sensitive to temperature changes. Whereas, aves are warm blooded animals, i.e they have a definite body temperature which doesn't get fluctuated according to the changes in the outside environment. Therefore, birds will be able to cope up better with global warming... :)
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