August Krogh quote

In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m., and it would be extremely interesting to know just how the giraffe avoids the development of filtration oedema in its long legs.
August Krogh

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August and Marie Krogh: Lives in Science (American Physiological Society Book)
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