Some fish have the ability to keep certain parts of their body warm by the use of retia.Retia are
A) countercurrent heat exchangers.
B) found in locomotor muscles of certain species of large fish,such as tuna and lamnid sharks.
C) special adipose cells that generate heat.
D) A and B
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