You are working in a lab and discover a hibernating animal with a mutation that does not allow it to develop brown fat.If this animal were in the wild, what would be the most severe problem it might face?
A) The animal would be unable to mate, because of insufficient lipids to make sex hormones.
B) The animal would be very fat because of an increase in white fat tissues.
C) The animal would have a very high body temperature due to increased mitochondria.
D) The animal would take much longer to return to a high body temperature during arousals from hibernation.
E) The animal would die from overheating due to increased production of thermogenin.
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