Question

What is the relationship between the size of mammals and their surface area:volume ratio?

please could someone help me!!

Answer 1

I live in the woods. Most of the smaller mammals I see are much more spherical than say a cow, or horse, or a bus driver. Spherical things have the lowest surface area/volume ratio.

Answer 2

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>mammal 'volume ratio'</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://www.enaturalist.org/question/3772
http://www.mrothery.co.uk/exchange/allkeynotes.htm
http://www.examstutor.com/biology/resources/studyroom/organs_and_systems/gas_exchange/
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In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.

I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.