A few of these biosigns were, like those of all Gorn castes, endothermic or poikilothermic—dependent upon external factors for the regulation of body temperature. ❋ Michael A. Martin (2010)
Hogben & Kirk were trying to demonstrate that the body temperatures of animals like slugs and earthworms whose external surfaces are always wet are not necessarily in equilibrium with the temperature of their surroundings, despite the fact that they are poikilothermic or cold-blooded. ❋ AYDIN (2009)
Reptiles are poikilothermic, which means that they can not regulate heat internally (as opposed to birds and mammals which are homeothermic). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Predominantly this is because they concluded that – in view of its elongate shape and occurrence in cold waters – Caddy must be poikilothermic. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)
The political animal, the political observer and the political electorate are, like amphibians, poikilothermic - their own temperatures adjust to that of their environment, so that if a change is gradual enough, they won't even notice it. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)
Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, with - out their noticing. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)
Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, without their noticing. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)
Author's note Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, without their noticing. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)
Fish are poikilothermic aquatic animals; rice plants are thermophilic and semiaquatic. ❋ Unknown (1995)
Bodies were poikilothermic, though now functioning at a higher rate than any Terran reptile. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1969)
Also, from work recently done by J.O. Wakelin Barratt, it has been shown that under certain pathological conditions a warm-blooded (homoiothermic) animal may become for a time cold-blooded (poikilothermic). ❋ Various (N/A)
Behavioural and physiological processes in poikilothermic organisms (e.g. most fishes), are particularly influenced by surrounding temperatures. ❋ PLoS ONE (2010)
The metabolic and growth rates of squid are higher than many poikilothermic vertebrates, including most teleost fish, and can in fact be as high as some mammals. ❋ Unknown (2009)
dangle slithering, venom-slathering, shudder-inducing monsters in front of you introduce some of the more interesting poikilothermic ectotherms waiting to kill me around every corner we occasionally see here, I'm going to take advantage of an encounter I had yesterday and was damned lucky to escape alive fortunate enough to document photographically -- which fangirls Foxfier and Karla the Threadbndr should appreciate. ❋ Unknown (2010)
