Studying mammals: The insect hunters
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## Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Meeting the insect eaters
- 2 How insect eaters obtain their food
  - 2.1 Mammalian dentition
  - 2.2 Feeding techniques
- 3 Adaptations linked to feeding in insect eaters
  - 3.1 Introduction
  - 3.2 Shrews
  - 3.3 Moles
  - 3.4 Anteaters
  - 3.5 Bats
- 4 Thinking about adaptation
- 5 Temperature regulation and the consequence of size
  - 5.1 Introduction
  - 5.2 Body size and metabolic rate
  - 5.3 Body size and surface area
- 6 Strategies for coping with cold and food shortage
  - 6.1 Toughing it out
  - 6.2 Opting out
- Conclusion
- Keep on learning
- Acknowledgements

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