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  • 81Exothermic Search —    Cold blooded animals who can regulate their body temperatures …

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  • 82fish — Cold blooded animals, with backbones, living in water, and having gills for breathing. Animals ferae naturae where wild, unconfined, and in a state of nature. 35 Am J2d Fish § 2. The term is sufficiently comprehensive to include shellfish, such… …

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  • 83Physiology of dinosaurs — Note: In this article dinosaur means non avian dinosaur, since most experts regard birds as an advanced group of dinosaurs. The physiology of dinosaurs has historically been a controversial subject, particularly thermoregulation. Recently, many… …

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  • 84Thermoregulation — is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when temperature surrounding is very different. This process is one aspect of homeostasis: a dynamic state of stability between an animal s internal… …

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  • 85thermoreception — Sensory capacity (see sense) to detect the temperature of the environment and the body. It helps keep body temperature stable by regulating autonomic responses to temperature changes (see homeostasis). Temperature sensations are generated by… …

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  • 86dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… …

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  • 87reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …

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  • 88Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 89Archosaur — Taxobox name = Archosaurs fossil range = Early Triassic Recent image width = 250px image caption = Living archosaurs are crocodilians and birds. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida subclassis = Diapsida infraclassis =… …

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  • 90Robert T. Bakker — Robert Bakker in 2008 Born March 24, 1945 ( …

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