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Birds are missing UCP1 and have developed other solutions for heat generation. Is this a possible explanation to why the might have surved while all other dinosaurs did not 65 miljon years ago? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.226.255.29 ( talk) 21:23, 24 June 2011 (UTC) reply

I will be working on adding to this page over the next month or two for a student project for my Biophysics class. -- Djinn32 ( talk) 16:53, 15 October 2019 (UTC) reply

I just updated the mechanism, evolution, and history sections of this page. Let me know what you think! Djinn32 ( talk) 04:22, 13 December 2019 (UTC) reply