Which risk increases when cutaneous vasoconstriction limits blood flow in arctic mammals during prolonged shivering?

💡 Explanation

When vasoconstriction limits cutaneous blood flow during shivering, peripheral tissues are deprived of heat transfer because reduced perfusion allows heat retention at the core to take priority, causing distal extremities to cool rapidly. Therefore localized frostbite results, rather than hypothermia, fat depletion, or infection, which follow from different physiological stressors.

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