Why do elephants have big ear flaps?

  • Narasimhan A
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Abstract

In this essay we shall try to answer the question in the title withsome geometry and heat transfer thrown in for effect. For doing so,as the joke goes, allow me to assume the elephant as a sphere. Thereason will be apparent soon.

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Narasimhan, A. (2008). Why do elephants have big ear flaps? Resonance, 13(7), 638–647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-008-0070-5

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