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Cold-blooded

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Cold-blooded is an informal term for one or more of a group of characteristics that determine an animal's thermophysiology. These include:

  • Ectothermy, controlling body temperature through external processes, such as by basking in the sun
  • Poikilothermy, the ability of an organism to function over a wide internal temperature range
  • Bradymetabolism, the ability to greatly alter metabolic rate in response to need; for example, animals that hibernate

Cold blooded and Coldblooded may also refer to:

Music

  • Cold Blooded (Rick James album), 1983
    • "Cold Blooded" (song), the title track from the album
  • "Coldblooded" (James Brown song), a 1974 funk song
  • Coldblooded (album), a 1974 funk album by The Bar-Kays
  • "Cold Blooded", a song by Damageplan from the 2004 album New Found Power
  • Cold Blooded (EP), a 2013 EP by Datsik

Films

  • Coldblooded (film), a 1995 American dark comedy/thriller
  • Cold Blooded (film), a 2012 Canadian crime thriller

Other

  • Cold-blooded, a person or act said to be lacking in conscience
  • Cold-blood (horse), a horse bred for strength and calmness, such as a draft horse
  • "Cold Blooded" (Grimm), an episode of the TV series Grimm

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