In addition to providing a very efficient supply of oxygen, the rapid airflow would have been an effective cooling mechanism, which is essential for animals that are active but too large to get rid of all the excess heat through their skin.
Uz omogućavanje vrlo efikasnog opskrbljivanja kisikom, brzi protok zraka bi bio efektivan mehanizam za hlađenje, što je vrlo važno za životinje koje su aktivne ali prevelike da bi se riješile sve nepotrebne topline kroz kožu.