Cold-blooded is an informal term for one or more of a group of characteristics that determine an animal's
thermophysiology
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperatur ...
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Ectothermy
An ectotherm (from the Greek () "outside" and () "heat") is an organism in which internal physiological sources of heat are of relatively small or of quite negligible importance in controlling body temperature.Davenport, John. Animal Life a ...
, controlling body temperature through external processes, such as by basking in the sun
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Poikilothermy
A poikilotherm () is an animal whose internal temperature varies considerably. Poikilotherms have to survive and adapt to environmental stress. One of the most important stressors is temperature change, which can lead to alterations in membrane ...
, the ability of an organism to function over a wide internal temperature range
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Bradymetabolism
Bradymetabolism refers to organisms with a high active metabolism and a considerably slower resting metabolism.Bligh, J., and Johnson, K.G., 1973. Glossary for terms for thermal physiology. ''Journal of Applied Physiology'' 35(6):941–961. Bradym ...
, the ability to greatly alter metabolic rate in response to need; for example, animals that hibernate
Cold blooded and Coldblooded may also refer to:
Music
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''Cold Blooded'' (Rick James album), 1983
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"Cold Blooded" (song), the title track from the album
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"Coldblooded" (James Brown song), a 1974 funk song
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''Coldblooded'' (album), a 1974 funk album by The Bar-Kays
* "Cold Blooded", a song by Damageplan from the 2004 album ''
New Found Power
''New Found Power'' is the only studio album released by heavy metal supergroup Damageplan. The group was formed by brothers "Dimebag Darrell" Abbott (guitar) and "Vinnie Paul" Abbott (drums) after the breakup of their previous band, Pantera. ...
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''Cold Blooded'' (EP), a 2013 EP by Datsik
Films
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''Coldblooded'' (film), a 1995 American dark comedy/thriller
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''Cold Blooded'' (film), a 2012 Canadian crime thriller
Other
* Cold-blooded, a person or act said to be lacking in
conscience
Conscience is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Conscience stands in contrast to elicited emotion or thought due to associations based on immediate sen ...
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Cold-blood (horse)
A draft horse (US), draught horse (UK) or dray horse (from the Old English ''dragan'' meaning "to draw or haul"; compare Dutch ''dragen'' and German ''tragen'' meaning "to carry" and Danish ''drage'' meaning "to draw" or "to fare"), less ofte ...
, a horse bred for strength and calmness, such as a draft horse
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"Cold Blooded" (''Grimm''), an episode of the TV series ''Grimm''
See also
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Cold blood (disambiguation)
Cold blood may refer to:
*''sang froid'', ruthlessness, see Conscience
* a classification for draft or pack horses, see horse breed
* Coldblood a Marvel Comics villain
* "Cold Blood" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of the British TV series ''Doctor ...
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In Cold Blood (disambiguation)
''In Cold Blood'' is a 1966 book by Truman Capote.
In Cold Blood may also refer to:
Related to the book
* ''In Cold Blood'' (film), a 1967 American film
* ''In Cold Blood'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film
* ''In Cold Blood'' (mi ...
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Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature ...
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Endotherm
An endotherm (from Greek ἔνδον ''endon'' "within" and θέρμη ''thermē'' "heat") is an organism that maintains its body at a metabolically favorable temperature, largely by the use of heat released by its internal bodily functions inste ...
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Warm-blooded
Warm-blooded is an informal term referring to animal species which can maintain a body temperature higher than their environment. In particular, homeothermic species maintain a stable body temperature by regulating metabolic processes. The on ...
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