Which is most likely to occur if a baby bat's hypothalamus is experimentally cooled using an implanted probe?
A) A drop in the bat's core body temperature
B) Stimulation of nonshivering thermogenesis in brown fat
C) Sweating or panting to increase evaporative water loss
D) Decreased metabolic rate
E) Dilation of skin blood vessels

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Cooling the hypothalamus would likely trigger mechanisms to increase body temperature, such as nonshivering thermogenesis in brown fat, to counteract the perceived drop in temperature.

Which Is Most Likely to Occur If a Baby Bat's