MICROVIBRATIONS IN MAN AND DOLPHIN.
Microvibrations were recorded from the dorsal body surface of a bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) while it swam in water and while it lay on a foam rubber mattress in an air environment. Unlike poikilothermic water-living animals which do not manifest microvibrations, this homeothermic mammal has 13-cycle per second microvibrations similar to those of man and other homeotherms. For comparative purposes, microvibrations of 11 cycles per second were recorded from the arm of a man while lying on the same mattress. The nature and origin of these microvibrations is discussed in relation to physiological tremors and shivering.
D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002591:Cetacea; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004289:Dolphins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D014202:Tremor; D014732:Vibration
BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CETACEA; COLD; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; TREMOR; VIBRATION