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    Why Is It That the Body Temperatures of Terrestrial Poikilotherms
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Why Is It That the Body Temperatures of Terrestrial Poikilotherms

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Why is it that the body temperatures of terrestrial poikilotherms can substantially exceed air temperature but body temperatures of aquatic poikilotherms are generally very close to water temperature?

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