warm-blooded animals
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The screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds on warm-blooded animals, including humans.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
Global warming is a big challenge for warm-blooded animals, which must maintain a constant body temperature to prevent their bodies from overheating.
From BBC • May 21, 2025
According to the report, ectotherms, or cold-blooded animals, are approximately 90% more energy efficient than warm-blooded animals and, in the context of agriculture, “this energy differential readily translates into a potential for higher production efficiency.”
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024
The small wingless insects grow to about the size of an apple seed and feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals — including people sleeping at night.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
It is a highly specific organism, attacking no other type of insects, harmless to earthworms, warm-blooded animals, and plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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