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Many birds, such as the members of this thick-billed murre family, spend many hours resting and caring for the offspring between bouts of intense flight. Each parent switches off on bouts of care for the young. The metabolic costs determine the condition of the bird when it ends the rest period. Metabolism during rest is strongly related to thyroid hormone levels, but metabolism away during activity is not; metabolism at rest is apparently not related to metabolism during activity. See the article by Elliott et al. (doi:10.1242/bio.20134358).
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