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Humans are _____ animals.


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Endothermic animals:

  1. Endothermal animals can maintain their body temperature at a constant value via thermostasis, irrespective of the surrounding temperature.
  2. They can do so by regulating the metabolic temperature of the body.
  3. Cold-blooded animals are unable to maintain a constant body temperature, hence they are dependent on the surrounding temperature.
  4. Examples of endotherms are humans, birds, mammals, etc.

Final answer: Humans are warm-blooded or endothermal animals.


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