Talk:Thermoregulation

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I merged thermoregulate into this article here and it still needs work. Because of the structure of the original articles it was easy to split up the article into: mechanisms of regulation and then by types of animals, i.e.:

  • Physiological regulation
    • Ectotherms
    • Endotherms
  • Behavioral regulation
    • Types of
    • Ectotherm
    • Endotherm

Although I suspect that it might be best to divide the article by organism type (endotherm, ectotherm) and then discuss the mechanisms for each, i.e.

  • Ectotherms
    • Physiological regulation
    • Behavioral regulation
  • Endotherms
    • Physiological regulation
    • Behavioral regulation

However, given the ways it's currently written it would be some work to this, but it would probably improve readability. Any takers?--Lexor 11:01, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] possible error

The phrase "Cestus having lowest death temperature and least amount of solids in its body" seems like there must be something wrong with it, but I'm not sure. The only article up for "cestus" is that of the brass-knuckle like object used in the classical world. I'm not sure what the other meaning is, but perhaps it should either be stated here, changed if incorrect, or it should have an article about it.


[edit] vandalism

Someone vandalized this page, Oct, 11, 2005. I'll revise it. Adam850 00:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Teleological Evolution

The phrase "high in the scale of evolution" in referenece to warm-bloods such as mammals and birds is rather grating. All current animals have the same amount of evolutionary time under their belt. This is like the common misconception that "humans evolved from monkeys" rather than sharing common ancestors. 68.35.154.196 18:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification Needed

In the section 'Limits compatible with life' the phrase "but no one can survive a temperature of 45°C (113°F)" should be clarified such that it is apparent that this is the 'internal body temperature' (see Wikipedia article: Heat_stroke) Begaddy 02:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

"If the body is unable to maintain a normal temperature and it increases significantly above normal, a condition known as hyperthermia occurs."

Isn't this condition known as heat stroke, not hypothermia? - note the difference in the terms "hypERthermia" and "hypOthermia". They are totally different.

[edit] Comment on the recent deletion of this page

A user recently deleted this page in full. I used the cache from Google to replace the data and tried to do some minor reformatting. I hope this helps.

--Harold

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