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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2004640117 |
Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure | |
Wenliang Zhou; Shilong Yang; Bowen Li; Yonggang Nie; Anna Luo; Guangping Huang; Xuefeng Liu; Ren Lai; Fuwen Wei | |
2020-12-07 | |
发表期刊 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | Attraction to feces in wild mammalian species is extremely rare. Here we introduce the horse manure rolling (HMR) behavior of wild giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Pandas not only frequently sniffed and wallowed in fresh horse manure, but also actively rubbed the fecal matter all over their bodies. The frequency of HMR events was highly correlated with an ambient temperature lower than 15 °C. BCP/BCPO (beta-caryophyllene/caryophyllene oxide) in fresh horse manure was found to drive HMR behavior and attenuated the cold sensitivity of mice by directly targeting and inhibiting transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8), an archetypical cold-activated ion channel of mammals. Therefore, horse manure containing BCP/BCPO likely bestows the wild giant pandas with cold tolerance at low ambient temperatures. Together, our study described an unusual behavior, identified BCP/BCPO as chemical inhibitors of TRPM8 ion channel, and provided a plausible chemistry-auxiliary mechanism, in which animals might actively seek and utilize potential chemical resources from their habitat for temperature acclimatization. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/308326 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wenliang Zhou,Shilong Yang,Bowen Li,et al. Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,2020. |
APA | Wenliang Zhou.,Shilong Yang.,Bowen Li.,Yonggang Nie.,Anna Luo.,...&Fuwen Wei.(2020).Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
MLA | Wenliang Zhou,et al."Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2020). |
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