Ectotherms can modify their preferred body temperatures in response to the temperature change that comes with the altering seasons.
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Like homeotherms, poikilotherms and ectotherms usually exhibit a thermal preference, although not quite in the same way.
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Ectotherms, such as this Cunningham's skink, often bask in the sun to regulate body temperature.
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For example, based on the meta-analysis, ectotherms are more likely than endotherms to display greater IBD.
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Forest tent caterpillars are ectotherms so they rely on sources of heat from the environment to raise their body temperatures.
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The snake was coiled on a rocky outcropping just below eye level, sunning itself, as ectotherms love to do.
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As a consequence they would also need higher food intake rates, which may limit abundance of endotherms more than ectotherms.
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Seegers'company, Ectotherm, now makes seven types of Yummies intended to be complete diets for everything from crickets to iguanas.
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Endotherms cannot, in general, afford such long periods without food, but suitably adapted ectotherms can wait without expending much energy.
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Crocodilians never made this transition and remained stodgy old ectotherms, although able to maintain quite stable body temperatures when basking opportunities were available.