Introduction-
What is homeostasis?
Homeostasis, it consists of a living organism and cell to keep the conditions inside the organism the same despite any changes in the environmental conditions or tits internal balance.
how do mountain gorillas maintain homeostasis in their bodies-
Drinking water may be an adaptive behavior to climate change that enables mountain gorillas to reduce body temperature and maintain homeostasis. Although mountain gorillas are seen as a fragile species, they are also known to be an animal that is capable of adapting. building nests at night, staying close, and huddling with other gorillas, and staying still when it is cold. To maintain a good body temperature in the summer, gorillas remove excess body heat by panting more often than normal
Temperature control-
Mountain gorillas have thick coats of fur, this helps insulate them from the cold. The thick coat helps retain heat in colder climates, but even in the warmer weather the coat is also helpful. This is since when the temperature’s rises the fur coat sheds meaning they will not overheat.
Adaptive Behavior –
The mountain gorillas help each other to maintain homeostasis by huddling together in colder climates, they huddle together to preserve heat therefore maintaining homeostasis.
They also regulate the body temperature by being active or exercising during the morning or evening when the weather is mild and when the heat peaks at mid-day, they either rest or shelter in the shade allowing them to maintain their body temperature. Since the mountain gorillas do most of their activities in the morning or evening, they also make their shelter in the evening, they build their nests out of leaves and branches either on the group or up in the trees around. The nests they build help provide warms for the mountain gorillas especially in the cold nights up in the mountains, this then further helps heat regulations.
Diets-
Making sure their water intake is impartial for their homeostasis, they do this by their diet, which consists of leaves bamboo shoots, fruits, and the thing all these have in common in high water content. This is just one way they get water into their diet. And the mountain gorillas minimize water loss by reducing sweating and urination.
Reproductive homeostasis-
The social side is particularly important in homeostasis, the male usually known as the silverback leads and protects the ban. This helps increase the bands’ stability. This then helps the bands cope with the changes in the climate, reducing stress.
Protection from environmental stress-
Another thing about mountain gorillas is they are very meticulous when picking their habitats, they always make sure they have the essentials accessible to them for instant, streams of water and abundant of food this ensures they have everything they need to survive and maintain their homeostasis.
Root system –
How do monkey puzzle trees maintain their homeostasis; all trees have the same structure when it comes to maintaining homeostasis. A tree will collect water from its roots via the soil and use this water to maintain homeostasis and then the remaining water will exit through the stomata. And by using the water to keep the balance the tree can thrive in all conditions. The roots on a monkey puzzle tree are quite impressive they can reach depths up to 10-15 feet, meaning their ability to collect water from the soil is greater than other species this gives the monkey puzzle tree a better rate of homeostasis meaning their survival rate is much higher than other trees. If a monkey puzzle tree leaves turn brown if often means signs of Enviromental distress, most of the time it is due to lack of water. This shows that the Maintenace of homeostasis is not going well. This is not good for the tree this means all the trees systems are not flowing and working well which could result in the death of the tree.
Water retention –
The monkey puzzle trees leave consists of green spikey triangle shaped leaves that have a glossy, leather like stiff characteristic, this helps towards water retention. The stiff pin like leaves that have that leather, waxy feel help minimize water loss. It does this by reducing tree transpiration. This is great for dryer areas that might lack water. Which can sometimes be their native country, which happens to be Argentina.
Stoma control-
The monkey puzzle tree can control the opening and closing of their stoma. When they want to retain more water, they can close their stoma and still uptake carbon dioxide helping photosynthesis Stoma’s are tiny pores in the trees’ leaves. The stoma can also open more if less water is needed for the tree. So, they can control water retention and loss depending on the environment around them and how much water they need to maintain their homeostasis.
Temperature regulation-
The monkey puzzle tree is good at adapting to its environment. The tree is particularly good at insulating from cold and hot weather, this is because of its green foliage. The spikey leaves are good at regulating temperature and because the leaves have a small surface area this help heat loss and the glossy coating helps defend against weathers like frost and excessive heat, this ultimately means that the rate of homeostasis is more likely to be balanced meaning that the trees systems are smooth running.
Conclusion-
In conclusion both organisms can maintain their homeostasis throughout the different weather conditions, even though these organisms are vastly different.
The monkey puzzle tree, which is a conifer native to the mountains of Chile and Argentina manages to keep its internal systems a Float to ensure homeostasis especially in the colder days and night. the monkey puzzle tree can maintain homeostasis primarily through there long roots that reach deep down into the soil, allowing the tree to still access water even in times of droughts and the spiky, pin like leaves help protect the tree agents frost and stop unnecessary water loss in freezing weather. The stability of the tree helps homeostasis even in fluctuating climates.
On the other hand, the mountain gorilla, an herbivore located in the high-altitude mountain in central Africa. They maintain homeostasis through behavioral and physiological ways. They make sure they keep their body temperature up or down depending on the climate they do this by huddling together when it gets cold and seeking shelter in hot weather. They make sure they adapt to the changing climate and surroundings so that homeostasis can occur and give them a higher rate of survival, it is also helpful that they have band (a group of gorillas) this ensures that they can help each other in these aspects.
Even though the organisms are vastly different from one another they share one similarity which is being able to keep a stable internal process while dealing with external stress from their surrounding environments. The balance they show highlights how important it is that all the living system is to homeostasis.