What do these data say with regards to the dilemma that the

What do these data say with regards to the dilemma that the authors posed in the introduction? Does it appear that saving water is the biggest problem for Anna’s hummingbirds or is getting rid of water a bigger problem?

DATA

Introduction

105 104 103 102 101 100 10-1 100 Cortex 11.40 mo 896 O Medulla 1.61 mo 850 A cortex O medulla 101 102 105 103 104 Body mass (g)

Solution

Anna Humming birds are facing dehydration due to the nectar intake is not balanced by the water intake and they are also loosing imporant salts like sodium and potassium and these salts also are not compensated by the nectar salts as they feed on nectar coming from the plants with very low salt concentrations.