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Generating heat through digestion or muscle movement occurs in cold blooded animals since heat is a by product of metabolism as well as a by product of movement. Their lack of ability to sustain a constant body temperature is what makes them cold blooded, it really doesn't mean that their body generates no heat.

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What will happen to cold-blooded animals if there is no heat energy?

They won't be able to move. Cold-blooded animals need the heat to warm them up, so they will be able to move.


Why do warmblooded mammals need more mitochonodria then cold-blooded mammals?

there are no cold blooded mammals no there are no cold blooded mammals


What is the difference between cold blooded and warm blooded vertebrates?

Warm blooded animals generate their own heat through their metabolism. Cold blooded animals need warmth of the environment to bring their bodily temperature to normal temp. The main difference between a cold-blooded animal and a warmblooded one is that the warmblooded one has a physiology that includes mechanisms that heat and keep the body warm. The cold-blooded animal lacks these things and its body temperature will change in response to the weather (hot sun, snow) and what the animal can do to avoid the effects of that weather (like a lizard sunning on a rock early in the moring or hiding in the shade at noon). Warm blooded animals have a constant temperature, and can live in cold temperatures. Cold blooded animal's blood temperature depends on their environment's temperature.


Do cold blooded creatures give off body heat?

reptiles blood is not really cold, it just means that when reptiles are in the shade they cool down and when they go into the sun they can warm up. the difference between the warm blooded is that warm blooded does not cool and heat as much as the cold blooded. reptiles need it so they can withstand the temperature.


Do cold blooded animals die in the winter?

cold-blooded animals must live in warm climates; warm-blooded animals can more or less live anywhere. reason: Warm-blooded animals produce their own body heat, so as to always keep their enzymes at the optimal temperature. Cold-blooded animals cannot do this. As the temperature falls, cold-blooded animals become disabled. They cannot move their muscles, or digest their food, or transport oxygen to their tissues.

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What is the diffrent from a cold blooded then a warm blooded?

the difference is warm blood controls their body temp cold blood doesnt


Why are cold blooded animals more limited in their choice of habitats?

Because they need to be warm to make up for there cold blood.


Why warmblooded animals need to eat far more than cold blooded animals?

Warm blooded animals don't have to wait until it's warm to move around, because they create their own heat. Cold blooded animals, like snakes, must get their temperature up first before they can go about their daily business.


What will happen to cold-blooded animals if there is no heat energy?

They won't be able to move. Cold-blooded animals need the heat to warm them up, so they will be able to move.


What is the main difference between an cold blooded and warm blooded aniamal?

The difference is that cold blooded animals need to be in the sun to be able to heat up their bodies. Warm blooded animals can heat themselves up without the sun.


Are silkworms warm or cold blooded?

Yes silkworms are cold blooded and tend not to do alot in the day so the do not need warm blood


Why lizards are not active on cold day?

Lizards and other reptiles are cold-blooded animals, meaning that unlike mammals and us, they cannot make their own heat by will to keep warm. Instead, their body heat goes with the temperature in the air, so if it's warm, the lizard's blood will be flowing and it will be active. If it is freezing cold, however, the lizard's blood will be so cold it will need to stay unactive to prevent its blood from being iceified.


Are crabs warm or cold blooded?

Crabs are cold blooded animals, as their body temperature rises and falls with their surroundings.


Why are frogs called a cold blooded animal?

They need heat in their blood to move.


How are warm blooded animal different from cold-blooded animals?

cold blood animals are cold when they in cold temperature and hot when they are in hot temperature; they didn't need high amount of food to maintain their energy into fats. warm blood animals require high amount of food to convert energy into fats.


How are warm-blooded animals different from cold-blooded animals?

Warm-blooded creatures, like mammals and birds, try to keep the inside of their bodies at a constant temperature. Cold-blooded creatures take on the temperature of their surroundings. They are hot when their environment is hot and cold when their environment is cold


How does being warm blooded or cold blooded affect the lifestyle of that animal?

Warm blooded animals try to keep their bodies at a constant temperature. They are able to generate their own heat so they can be kept in cooler areas. Cold blooded animals can't make their own heat so they need to be kept in a warm environment, or they won't survive. That's why you see a lot of lizards and other cold blooded animals basking in the sun, and why they act slower in the cold.