A large desert mammal regulates its temperature to maintain a constant body temperature. When the air temperature is higher than the body temperature, the animal's evaporation rate will
A) create an unfavorable physiological condition.
B) be lower per unit of weight than for a smaller mammal.
C) decrease.
D) decrease first and then remain constant.
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