Warm-blooded animals can regulate their body temperature.
They maintain constant internal body temperature.

They have a body temperature that stays the same.
It doesn’t change with the temperature of the environment.

Birds and mammals are warm-blooded.

Cold-blooded animals cannot regulate their body temperature.
They do not maintain constant internal body temperature.
They get warmer and colder based on the temperature outside.
They cannot survive in extreme temperatures.

Cold-blooded animals include:

  • reptiles,
  • amphibians,
  • fish,
  • insects,
  • and other invertebrates.

Warm and cold blooded animals
Learn the difference.
Source | Kids Learning Videos

A minute with nature: warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals
By West Bloomfield Parks Naturalist Lauren Azoury
Source | Civic Center TV

Cold blood versus warm blood | Science on the Web
Source | Stuff to Blow Your Mind – HowStuffWorks