Body heat: Quick Facts

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Cold-bloodedness Warm-bloodedness Why are reptiles cold-blooded?regional endothermy body temperature living things Thermoregulation life Metabolism death coloration Sex sleep photosynthesis Biological development aging Excretion mimicry

Key People

Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz

German scientist and philosopher