Question

Please Help! Dragonflies are flying insects. In the summer dragonflies can be seen perched on tree branches in an obelisk pose ( a handstand position with the tip of their abdomen pointing upward). In 3-5 sentences describe how dragonflies might control their body temperature and giving reasons for why they might perch in this pose.

Answer 1

Answer:

They might assume this pose because it might allow them to absorb more sunlight to stay alive.

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Answer 2

The powered flight regulate body temperature and obelisk posture helps to prevent overheating due to sun.

Dragonflies control their body temperature with the help of controlling metabolic heat production by alternately using powered flight as well as controlling heat loss by change the circulation between thorax and abdomen.

The obelisk posture adopt by the dragonflies in order to prevent overheating due to sun. The dragonflies raised their abdomen until its tip pointed to the sun in order to minimizing the surface area exposed to solar radiation so we can conclude that powered flight regulate body temperature and obelisk posture helps to prevent overheating due to sun.

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