Cormorants are sea-dwelling birds that consume high levels of salt from the seawater they drink. To get rid of this excess salt, cormorants "sneeze" out the salt that has collected in a localized area near their sinuses. This process is an example of

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Osmoregulation is the regulation of salt concentration in an organism's body fluids. In this case, cormorants are getting rid of excess salt through the process of sneezing, which helps them maintain a healthy salt concentration in their bodies. Thermoregulation is the regulation of body temperature, which is not related to the sneezing process. Conduction and radiation are processes related to heat transfer and are also not related to the sneezing process in cormorants.

Cormorants Are Sea-Dwelling Birds That Consume High Levels of Salt