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Thermophysiology (BODY HEAT) with Shane Campbell-Staton

Ologies with Alie Ward

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What Is an Endothermic Poi-Kilo-Therm?

Shane explains how this is not just ectothermic and endothermic. There's difference and thus a matrix. So for instance you can have an endothermic poi-kilo-therm. These are like mammals that hibernate. They generate their own heat but it can vary. Kind of like a house with a furnace. But they set the dial depending on what they need. Now let's say an ectotherm is like a house without a thermos. The temperature could vary widely, but it doesn't mean it has to. On the flip side, you can haveAn ectotherm that is actually homeothermic. This can happen by a couple

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