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High body temperature protects body from fungi to which cold-blooded animals are vulnerable, but creates suitable environment for viruses, bacteria and parasites to live in. A reptile's immune system is more efficient when the animals is warmer, however, since bacteria probably grow more slowly in lower temperatures, reptiles sometimes lower their body temperatures when they have an infection.[1]

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