Endotherm
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endotherm-174-11779418
title:
Endotherm
text:
An endotherm is an organism that maintains its body at a metabolically favorable temperature, largely by the use of heat released by its internal bodily functions instead of relying almost purely on ambient heat. Such internally generated heat is mainly an incidental product of the animal's routine metabolism, but under conditions of excessive cold or low activity an endotherm might apply special mechanisms adapted specifically to heat production. Examples include special-function muscular exert
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Organism that maintains body temperature largely by heat from internal bodily functions
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endotherm
date created:
2003-11-25T08:13:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:56:23Z
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image:
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13
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