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← Nature & AnimalsWhich outcome intensifies when mammals enter hypothermic shock?
A)Uncontrolled shivering accelerates ATP depletion✓
B)Brown fat metabolism reaches capacity
C)Peripheral vasodilation stabilizes body heat
D)Cellular respiration efficiency increases
💡 Explanation
Shivering intensifies to generate more metabolic heat, but this thermogenesis cannot meet demand during hypothermic shock; because the mammalian ATP production falters, uncontrolled shivering worsens ATP depletion in muscles, therefore reducing their thermal output, rather than causing stability or improved thermal output.
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