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What does cold-blooded mean?

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But because many species are cold-blooded, some sharks eat only about 2 percent of their body weight each day.
Like your butterflies, beneficial insects are cold-blooded and don't like cold, windy weather.
Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the sun and staying in the water at night.
Large rocks or a stone wall make great basking spots for these cold-blooded insects.
Still, bears are warm-blooded mammals and thus are more similar to humans than are cold-blooded reptiles like the alligators.
In genes of cold-blooded animals, plants, and unicellular organisms, these regularities are weaker and often not consistent.

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